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T Kira Māhealani Madden

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author: Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls & forthcoming Whidbey • hapa kanaka ‘ōiwi dyke • soup enthusiast & magician • land back • aloha 'āina • she/her

  1. some of us define indigeneity not by our people pre-contact, but by naming the land herself our ancestor. In Hawaiian you wouldn’t introduce yourself without naming the mountain, stream, plant that raised or sustained your life, and that naming is also a vow to protect. Spiritual, yes; difficult to

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