Becoming who we are meant to be: Native Americans with two-spirit, LGBT, and/or related tribal identitiesBearse, Miriam L
Two-Spirit People: Native American Gender Identity, Sexuality, and Spirituality. Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1997; Google Scholar Maurice Kenny. Backward to Forward: Prose Pieces. New York: White Pine Press, 1997; Google Scholar Will Roscoe ed. Living the Spirit: A Gay...
Over the course of the past year, Two Spirit (Native LGBT)communities have garnered a great deal of attention with respect to the status of their civil rights, health and personal safety, employment opportunities, and more. This is a synthesis of current research reflecting their realities.The ...
Two-Spirit people are Native Americans considered to hold an alternative gender status, meaning they were not just man or woman. Two-Spirit individuals are valued in their communities for possessing both masculine and feminine traits. Today, the term "Two-Spirit" may be considered part of the L...
Biawacheeitche, or “Woman Chief,” was a Two-Spirit born to the Gros Ventre tribe. “Two-Spirit” is a term used by Indigenous North Americans to describe a gender-variant (genderqueer, gender fluid, gender non-conforming) individual. Unlike other Two-Spirit people, Woman Chief always wor...
Cindy does her daughter's hair before the Grand Entry for the 3rd Annual Two Spirit Powwow on July 13, 2024, at South High School in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Two Spirit Native Americans are Indigenous members of the LGBTQ+ community who are believed to have both a masculine and feminine spi...
A member of any of the indigenous peoples of the Western Hemisphere. The ancestors of the Native Americans are generally considered by scientists to have entered the Americas from Asia by way of the Bering Strait sometime during the late glacial epoch. ...
Native American religions, religious beliefs and sacramental practices of theindigenouspeoples ofNorthandSouth America. Until the 1950s it was commonly assumed that the religions of the survivingNative Americanswere little more than curiousanachronisms, dying remnants of humankind’s childhood. These trad...
Whitehead is Two-Spirit: an umbrella term used by some Indigenous North Americans for Native people who hold a traditional, third-gender ceremonial and social role in their cultures. In 2018, he was nominated for a Lambda Award for Transgender Poetry with his explosive debut collection Full-...
Native Americans in Canada) First Nation n. Canadian An organized aboriginal group or community, especially any of the bands officially recognized by the Canadian government. First Nations adj. Usage Note: First Nation is widely used in Canada as a respectful alternative to Indian, much as ...