Two-spirits: Conceptualization in a L’nuwey Worldview
Theses
Author/Creator
John R. Sylliboy
Description
Education Thesis (M.A.)--Mount Saint Vincent University, 2017
Discusses the US government's wanted treaties in order to gain control of land, the treaties signed within Montana, tribal strategies for survival, and clashes between government troops and Indigenous warriors.
Chapter from Montana: Stories of the Land by Krys Holmes.
Excerpt from the author's Ph.D. dissertation: Natures of the Sacred: On Native North American Sacred Lands and Places.
Speakers discuss how the Act has defined the government's and Crown's relationship with First Nations peoples; how it has impeded development of communities; and how fundamental changes are needed to give First Nations' control over governance and the ability to develop mechanisms to improve access to capital.
Duration: 1:09:15.