Two-Spirit

Brief biographies of symposium presenters: Andrew Farrell, Quo-Li Driskill, Alex Wilson, Tawhanga Mary-Legs Nopera, Sandy O'Sullivan, Madeleine Clark.

An overview of the Two-spirit HIV/AIDS Wellness and Longevity Study and the papers featured in this issue.

Comments on the acceptance of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer or Two-Spirit people by their communities.

Explains paintings in exhibition, Shame and Prejudice at the University of Toronto Art Museum January 26 to March 3, 2017.

Discussion of the artist's paintings and performance art in which he presents alternate perceptions of history.

Discusses a painting that appears to be a nineteenth-century Romantic landscape but is in fact a critique of that style of painting which deconstructs both colonial representations of Native Americans and colonialism’s westernization of Native gender and sexuality.

Comments on domestic violence and the need for young men to get back to the roots of their culture and treat women with love and respect.

Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--Michigan State University, 2002.

Book review of: Kiss of the Fur Queen by Tomson Highway.

Discusses novel about two brothers dealing with the abuse they suffered at residential school.

Ququonok Patke, a famous 19th century female berdache, whose role included mediation between the Flathead and Blackfoot peoples, was also recognized as a courier, warrior and guide.

English Thesis (M.A.)--University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, 2010. Focuses on The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven and The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie.

Study identifies the unique and complex barriers that hinder transforming knowledge of HIV into safe sex practices.

Literature review includes definitions of terms related to homosexuality, berdache in First Nations, and ethnographic comments about HIV and AIDS.

Nursing Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, 2001.

Presents the results of a pilot study on the use of conspiracy beliefs by American Indian (AI) men who have sex with men and their peers to explain the origins of HIV/AIDS.

Argues that becoming a berdache was neither a matter of sexual preference nor freely entered into, but rather the role was a social construction that served particular social roles in the community.

This article explores two-spirit gatherings that promote Native American tradition, cultural participation and personal survival.

Book review of: Masculindians edited by Sam McKegney.

Book review of, Me Sexy by Drew Hayden Taylor.

English Thesis (M.A.)--East Carolina University, 2016 Refers to Louise Erdrich's novel The Round House, Christine Welsh's documentary Finding Dawn, and Qwo-Li Driskall's poetry collection Walking with Ghosts.

Book review of: Men as Women, Women as Men by Sabine Lang.

Sociology Thesis (M.A.)--York University, 2011.

Examines experiences of moving and the impact on health and acceptance. Also recommends resources for services to aid in the transition.

A discussion about digital technologies and its impact on Indigenous women in regards to violence and privacy and its connection to promoting colonial ideology.

Looks at theme of characters who are a combination of masculine and feminine genders in The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse, The Master Butchers Singing Club, and Four Souls. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 38.

Looks at Māori death rites in a same sex relationship or for a gay, lesbian or transsexual family member.

Looks at narratives from five women to better understand key themes of identity in terms of heterosexism, racism and sexism.

Education Thesis (Ed.D.)--Harvard University, 2007.

Contains personal narratives of individuals describing the development of their identities as two-spirit people.

Discusses federal and state laws regarding same sex marriage in the Cherokee and Navajo Nations.

Discusses debates and tribal lawmaking around the issue in the United States with focus on ten-year period prior to the 2015 Supreme Court decision.

Art History Thesis (M.A.)--Carleton University, 2010.

Extensive list of learning resources including reports books, films, podcasts, websites and Facebook pages, followed by suggestions for networking and connecting with grassroots activists.

Discusses the artist's use of the character, Miss Chief Share Eagle Testickle, to challenge mainstream society's concepts of masculinity, sexuality and Aboriginality.

A gender mixing phenomenon in which individuals, usually male, adopt some of the social characteristics, occupational roles, clothing and sexual behaviours of the opposite sex.

Revision and extension of a 1953 survey of the research literature; attempts to clarify the concept of berdache.

Discusses novel Red on Red: Native American Literary Separatism.

Nursing Thesis (MScN)--Memorial University of Newfoundland, 2019.

Includes discussion of gender, sex, and sexuality including gender roles and third gender or berdache.

English Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of British Columbia, 2016.

Art History Thesis (M.A.)--Carleton University, 2007.

Looks at use of Cree traditional law in relation to sexual diversity, regulation of Cree two spirit people by government and the church, and the Idle No More social movement. Accompanying interview. Accompanying presentation.

Identifies cultural knowledge being used by two-spirit men living with HIV and AIDS as a tool to bolster their health and well-being.

Discusses appropriate health care treatment and support by community prevention practitioners, volunteers and organizations for Trans-People or Two-Spirit people with HIV/AIDS.

Statement by author regarding the posthumous pardoning of Everett George Klippert, the last man in Canada charged, convicted, and sentenced to life for being gay.