Julian Aguon: Law, Indigeneity, and Climate Justice

Human rights lawyer and writer, Julian Aguon, joined Kapuaʻala Sproat in the UH CSS Digital Studios. In this interview, Aguon and Sproat discuss the importance of solidarity and self-determination with respect to the global climate crisis.
Julian Aguon is an Indigenous human rights lawyer and writer from Guam. He is the author of No Country for Eight-Spot Butterflies (2022) and earned Pulitzer Prize recognition for his 2021 essay featured in The Atlantic, “To Hell with Drowning.” Aguon is the founder of Blue Ocean Law, a progressive firm that works at the intersection of Indigenous rights and environmental justice, and he serves on the Global Advisory Council of Progressive International.
Kapuaʻala Sproat is Director of the Ka Huli Ao Center for Excellence in Native Hawaiian Law. She is also Associate Professor of Native Hawaiian and Environmental Law at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa William S. Richardson School of Law.
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