Reclaiming two-spirits : sexuality, spiritual renewal, & sovereignty in Native America /

Before 1492, hundreds of Indigenous communities across North America included people who were called aakíí'skasi, miati, okitcitak-we or one of hundreds of other tribally specific identities. These individuals identified as neither male nor female, but as both. After European colonizers invaded...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Smithers, Gregory D., 1974- (Author)
Other Authors: Heavy Runner, Raven E. (writer of foreword.)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston : Beacon Press, [2022].
Series:Queer action/queer ideas.
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Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / by Raven E. Heavy Runner
  • Series note / Michael Bronski
  • Note about language
  • About the cover art
  • Prologue
  • Part 1: Judgments
  • Invasion
  • "Hermaphrodites"
  • Sin
  • Effeminacy
  • Strange
  • Part 2: Stories
  • Resilience
  • Place
  • Paths
  • Part 3: Reclaiming
  • Reawakening
  • Two-spirits
  • Love
  • Futures.