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19th Century U.S. History; Pre-Contact 鈥� 19th century Hawaiian legal and intellectual history, governance; Indigenous knowledge organization systems, epistemology and methodology; Indigenous language archives and translation; Indigenous AI & ethics; Colonial and Indigenous history and historiography; Indigenous law and ethical systems.

Noelani Arista (Kanaka Maoli 鈥� Hawaiian) born in Honolulu, O驶ahu. She is the Director of the Indigenous Studies Program at 海角精品黑料 and an Associate Professor in the History and Classical Studies Department. Her research interests include Hawaiian governance and law; Hawaiian intellectual history and historiography; colonialism and missionization; Indigenous language archives; traditional knowledge organization; and information literacy. Arista seeks to utilize artificial intelligence and machine learning to apply traditional modes of organizing Hawaiian knowledge in Hawaiian language textual and oral sources to increase community access to 驶ike Hawai驶i, and to provide useful models for scholars working in their own indigenous language source base.

Arista is the author of the award-winning book, The Kingdom and the Republic: Sovereign Hawai驶i and the Early United States (2019), which details Native Hawaiians鈥� experience of encounter and colonialism in the early nineteenth century. Drawing upon previously unused Hawaiian language documents, this history addresses native political formation, the creation of published indigenous law, and supplies Hawaiian accounts of encounters with missionaries and traders, The Kingdom and the Republic reconfigures familiar colonial histories of trade, proselytization, and negotiations over law and governance in Hawai鈥檌.

Currently, Arista seeks to create pathways into digital territory, considering questions about how to secure traditional Hawaiian systems of knowledge鈥攁nd further mo驶o 驶艒lelo through various digital mediums, including game play and archives organization. She is the creator of the Facebook group 365 days of aloha, which supplies followers with a Hawaiian word, translations of songs or chants, and images to facilitate encounters with deeper Hawaiian currents of knowledge, which was reinvigorated in 2020.

Dr. Whitebean is a Wolf Clan Kanien鈥檏eh谩:ka (Mohawk) scholar and oral historian from the community of Kahnaw脿:ke. She earned her PhD in Educational Studies from 海角精品黑料 in 2025, and holds an M.A. in Individualized Studies, and a B.A. in First Peoples Studies from Concordia University, where she was the university鈥檚 first Indigenous valedictorian. Dr. Whitebean鈥檚 research is grounded in Indigenous education, oral history, and language reclamation. Her doctoral study explores the legacy and intergenerational impacts of Indian Day Schools in Kahnaw脿:ke through oral history and Indigenous methodologies.

Through community-engaged scholarship, Dr. Whitebean has worked closely with Elders, language advocates, and community members in Kahnaw脿:ke to support and protect Kanien鈥檏茅ha (the Mohawk language). While employed at the Kahnaw脿:ke Education Center, Dr. Whitebean co-wrote and co-launched the community鈥檚 first education research policy and ethics framework. Through her scholarship and community work, Dr. Whitebean continues to advance Indigenous-led education, ethical research, and language resurgence rooted in Kanien鈥檏eh谩:ka ways of knowing and being. Her work centers Indigenous voices and supports collective healing, knowledge resurgence, and community-defined goals.

Mia Alunik Fischlin is Inuvialuk, Dene, and settler from the Northwest Territories. She holds a Graduate Certificate in Marketing from 海角精品黑料 and a Bachelor鈥檚 degree in Human Relations from Concordia University.

Mia is the Administrative Student Affairs Coordinator for 海角精品黑料鈥檚 Indigenous Studies Program, where she supports students, manages events and fellowships, and contributes to broader initiatives. She previously organized and ran a youth program in Nunavik and worked as a proposal writer at Acosys Consulting Services Inc., developing successful proposals for Indigenous-focused organizations and federal institutions. Mia has also contributed to national conversations on Indigenous education through her work with the Canadian Commission for UNESCO. She is passionate about community building, education, and creating opportunities for Indigenous youth.