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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDid you know about "Two Spirit" history amoung Native Tribes?
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Two Spirit Terminology and Identity
Two Spirit is a contemporary term used to identify Native American Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender individuals with traditional and cultural understandings of gender roles and identity. As an encompassing term, Two Spirit was adopted in 1990 at the International Native Gay & Lesbian Gathering in Canada which is an Anishinabe word meaning to have both feminine and masculine spirits within a person.
Upon European contact, homophobia, transphobia and acculturated worldviews of gender/sexuality were adopted. Historically, Native people had alternative gender roles and responsibilities for Two Spirit people. These culturally prescribed spiritual and social roles were based upon gender rather than sexuality as well as community rather than individual.
The term has different meanings in rural and urban communities to describe the re-claiming of ones traditional identity and roles and may not be not applicable to all tribes and individuals. It is considered to be an empowering and self indentifying term for Native LGBT/Two Spirit individuals. Because the term is defined as having both masculine and feminine spirits, many transgender individuals may not identify with this term.
Many indigenous languages still have traditional terms for individuals who are Native LGBTQIA or Two Spirit. The following is a collection of terms used throughout various Indigenous American tribes.
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Did you know about "Two Spirit" history amoung Native Tribes? (Original Post)
Miigwech
Sep 2019
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Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)1. There was a character in "Little Big Man"...
That was a two spirit individual. He was treated with great respect in the film.
Miigwech
(3,741 posts)4. No, I didn't know about that
but I do know that Two Spirit people were held in important regard until Europeans brought christian religious teachings ... easy targets then, just as throughout history.
blm
(113,042 posts)2. Only learned about it during the marriage debate in 2012-13.
It really made me think about it on a whole other level. It made me grow as a human being.
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