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Queer Indigenous/Two Spirit life has been in a biopolitical war of survival with the violent encroachment of heteropatriarchy and settler colonialism on our lands, spiritual practices, family formations, and education.

How do we strive for thrival in times of survival?

Is this even a worthy goal in this moment?

In this CLGS Lavender Lunch we will address the tensions between thrival and survival and move towards theorizations of Queer Indigenous hope and generosity in these times of despair because this is not the first time we have faced annihilation and world-ending events and survived.

Our Presenter

Professor Chris Finley

Professor Chris Finley is a member of the Colville Confederated Tribes located in what is now called Eastern Washington state.  She received her Ph.D. in American Culture from the University of Michigan and is a co-editor and contributor to Queer Indigenous Studies: Critical Interventions in Theory, Politics and Literature (University of Arizona Press, 2011).

Currently, she lives on Tongva land and is an Associate Professor of Teaching of American Studies and Ethnicity at the University of Southern California.

A CLGS Fall 2025 Lavender Lunch