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Through Puralia Consultancy, he has had extensive experience in contemporary Aboriginal issues,for example, he has developed a national project to help prevent domestic violence and a Tasmanianproject in natural resource sustainability. Jim is a forefront thinker in the viability of Aboriginalphilosophy, maintaining a strong commitment to the maintenance of Aboriginal spirituality and itspractical applications in the life of indigenous people, including proper relationships with all of creationand custodianship of the natural world.Dr Linitā Manu‘atu and panelists: Lita Foliaki, Sione Tu‘itahi, James Manisela PrescottDr Linitā Manu‘atu is of Tongan descent. She is Senior Lecturer in Education at the School ofEducation, Te Kura Mātauranga, at the Auckland University of Technology. She teaches a range ofcourses, including “Issues in Pacific Education and Research Methodologies” (Master of Educationprogramme) and “Fonua: Pacific Perspectives in Human Development”. She works with Pacific Islandacademics across universities in New Zealand and overseas to develop research frameworks for multidisciplinaryresearch with Pacific peoples. She is a Board member of the Tongan Health Society and awell-known presenter on the Tongan radio programme on 104.6 Planet FM, and on Pasifika Television.Lita Foliaki is the Planning and Funding Manager for Pacific Health, Waitematā District HealthBoard. She formerly lectured in Education at the University of Auckland.Dr. Semisi (James) Prescott is Senior Lecturer in Accounting, Faculty of Business, AucklandUniversity of Technology. His doctoral thesis was entitled Pacific Business Sustainability in NewZealand: A Study of Tongan Experiences.Sione Tu‘itahi is Acting Director Pasifika at Massey University. He is the Deputy ExecutiveDirector of the New Zealand Health Promotion Forum.Fr Paul Ojibway, S. A.Fr V. Paul Ojibway, S. A., is a Franciscan Friar of the Atonement and an enrolled member of the Fonddu Luc Band of Lake Superior Chippewa. Fr Paul was born in Seattle, Washington, and raised in theSan Francisco Bay area. He entered religious life in 1973 and was ordained Priest in 1978. As a Friar hehas engaged in parish ministry, vocation and formation ministry, campus ministry, social ecumenism,intercultural relations and educational leadership.Paul did his undergraduate work in psychology (1972) at St Mary’s College of California andholds degrees in Theology from the Catholic University of America. He did postgraduate study at theJohn XXIII Institute for Eastern Christian Studies at Fordham University in Depth Psychology,Spirituality and Faith Formation.Presently, Paul is on sabbatical, writing on American Indian cultural and religious issues as well ason the dynamics of culture and identity. He resides in Orinda, California. Prior to this, he was Directorof the Washington DC Office of the Graymoor Ecumenical and Interreligious Institute, leading itsnational social ecumenism ministry. He served as Director of the Interfaith Impact Foundation, and wasa consultant to the Vatican’s Pontifical Council on Inter-religious Affairs in 2005. He chairs theLeadership Task Force of the National Tekakwitha Conference.Paul has been Director of the American Indian Program at Loyola Marymount University, LosAngeles, Commissioner for American Indian Affairs for the City and County of Los Angeles, and theLiaison and Director of American Indian Catholic Ministry for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. Duringthat time he was an advisor to the White House on urban American Indian affairs, intergovernmentalrelations and the President’s Initiative on Race, and an advisor to the White House Office of ReligiousLiaison.Paul was founding President of the National Young Adult Ministry Association and Chair of theProgramming Committee, Public Advisory Board of the Public Broadcasting System, KCET, LosAngeles. He has been recognized for outstanding service to the City and County of Los Angeles, the9