Introduction: Oceania lives

04-30/research-into-ancient-aboriginal-migration-across-australia/100105902. 14 AIATSIS, 'Map of Indigenous Australia', aiatsis.gov.au/explore/map-indigenous-australia.15 Here, the term 'trans-indigenous' is borrowed from Chickasaw scholar Chadwick Allen, who used it to propose methodologies for a global native literary studies; however, in line with Alice Te Punga Somverville, we acknowledge that this often re-inscribes a US-centric indigenous studies hegemony.Instead, and in line with other Pacific studies scholars, particularly historians like Tracey Banivanua Mar, we use it here to rethink