Kauanui, J. Kēhaulani

Discusses three themes that emerged from “Settler Colonial Biopolitics and Indigenous Lifeways” issue of American Indian Culture and Research Journal: (1) structural genocide in settler-colonial states' attempts at deracination; (2) Indigenous peoples' agency with regard to anti-normalization; and (3) decolonial resistance outside of imposed settler-colonial binaries.

Author discusses their political concerns and the realities of attending the celebrations of the opening of the National Museum of the American Indian as a member of the Kanaka Maoli (Indigenous Hawaiian) independence movement.

"... explores the issues surrounding 'awa use, highlights existing literature, places the discussion in its proper indigenous context, and sheds light on the tensions fueled by culturally inappropriate practice".

History of Consciousness Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Santa Cruz, 2000.