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A Place in the Middle

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Kumu Hina Wong-Kalu
Dean Hamer
Joe Wilson
Film about the Hawaiian approach to gender diversity and a true story about a girl who wants to be in an all-boy hula troupe at her school. For grades 6-12. Duration: 24:41 Discussion Guide.
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Positive Social Support and Mental Health among Two-Spirit and Heterosexual Aboriginal People Living with HIV/AIDS in Ontario

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Adam Beswick
Art Zoccole
Cate Dewey
Sean Rourke
James Watson
Nathan Lachowsky
Canadian Journal of Aboriginal Community-Based HIV/AIDS Research, vol. 5, Winter, 2013, pp. 74-94
Analysis of data the 2006 Positive Spaces, Health Places questionnaire using Medical Outcome Survey for HIV patients. Sample consisted of 79 individuals, with roughly half belonging to each sexual orientation.
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The Power of Hope for Māori Youth Suicide Prevention: Preliminary Themes From the Aotearoa/New Zealand HOPE Studies

Alternate Title
The Power of Hope for Maori Youth Suicide Prevention: Preliminary Themes From the Aotearoa/New Zealand HOPE Studies
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Keri Rose Lawson-Te Aho
Journal of indigneous Research, vol. 5, no. 2, 2016, pp. 1-10
Comments on the known risk factors for adverse health and mental health outcomes including racism and discrimination.
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Progressive Traditions: Identity in Cherokee Literature and Culture; Sovereign Stories: Aesthetics, Autonomy, and Contemporary Native American Writing; Settler Common Sense: Queerness and Everyday Colonialism in the American Renaissance

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Jessica Bardill
American Literature, vol. 88, no. 1, March 2016, pp. 191-193
Review of three books: Progressive Transitions by Joshua B. Nelson Sovereign Stories by Padraig Kirwan Settler Common Sense by Mark Rifkin
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Queering Ideas of Indigeneity: Response in Repose: Challenging, Engaging and Ignoring Centralising Ontologies, Responsibilities, Deflections and Erasures

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sandy O'Sullivan
Journal of Global Indigeneity, vol. 1, no. 1, Culture Queer/Queering Culture Symposium, 2015, p. article 5
Discusses responsibilities for understanding Queer identity both externally and internally. Accompanying interview. Accompanying presentation.
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Re Membering Ephanie: A Woman’s Re-Creation of Self in Paula Gunn Allen’s The Woman Who Owned The Shadows

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Vanessa Holford
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 6, no. 1, Series 2: Feminist and Post-Colonial Approaches, Spring, 1994, pp. 99-113
Discusses the cultural dislocation and identity confusion created by the imposition of one culture on another. Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
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Reconfiguring Gender in Contemporary Urban Powwows

Alternate Title
Studia Anthropologica
The Challenges of Native American Studies: Essays in Celebration of the Twenty-Fifth American Indian Workshop
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Massimiliano Carocci
Looks at the place of women and two-spirited individuals in the powwow culture. Chapter from The Challenges of Native American Studies: Essays in Celebration of the Twenty-Fifth American Indian Workshop edited by Barbara Saunders and Lea Zuyderhoudt.
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Red Women Rising: Indigenous Women Survivors in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Carol Muree Martin
Harsha Walia
A comprehensive report on the participatory research project funded by the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG, MMIW) facilitated through the Downtown Eastside Women’s Centre (DEWC). Project engaged 113 Indigenous and 15 non-Indigenous women drawing on their experience and expertise as survivors of gendered colonial violence.
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The REDress Project: Casting an Indigenous Feminist Worldview on Sexual Violence Prevention and Education Programs in Ontario’s Universities (Dispatch)

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Elizabeth Brulé
Studies in Social Justice, vol. 12, no. 2, 2018, pp. 337-344
A discussion on the installation of the REDress project at York University during the 2017/2018 school year to challenge colonial representations of missing and murdered Indigenous females.
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The Relationship Between Bias-Related Victimization and Generalized Anxiety Disorder Among American Indian and Alaska Native Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Two-Spirit Community Members

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Myra Parker
Bonnie Duran
Karina Walters
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 12, no. 2, 2017, pp. 64-83
Comments on the discrimination and poorer health status of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and two-spirit Native American and Alaska Natives compared to mainstream Americans.
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Resilience among Two-Spirit Males Who Have Been Living with HIV Long Term: Findings from a Scoping Review

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David J. Brennan
Georgi Georgievski
Randy Jackson
Chavisa Horemans
Art Zocole ... [et al.]
Journal of Indigenous HIV Research, vol. 12, Capacity Bridging, Winter, 2021, pp. 5-28
Using a scoping review to look at how health research literature examines the resilience of long-term two-spirit men living with HIV.
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Restoring Our Roots: Land-Based Community by and for Indigenous Youth

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Elizabeth Fast
Melanie Lefebvre
Christopher Reid
Brooke Wahsontiiostha Deer
Dakota Swiftwolfe ... [et al.]
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 16, no. 2, Wisdom of the Elders: Honouring Spiritual Laws in Indigenous Knowledge, 2021, pp. 120-138

Restoring Our Roots is research project that creates an inclusive sense of community using traditional land-based teachings to improve mental health by encourage Indigenous youth to reconnect with their own culture.

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REVIEW ESSAYS: Urban Survival Stories: The Poetry of Chrystos

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Victoria Brehm
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 10, no. 1, Series 2, Spring, 1998, pp. 73-82
Discusses themes and issues incorporated into the poems in such works as Not Vanishing, In Her I Am, Fugitive Colors, and Fire Power. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
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Reviews

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Jay Miller
Paul Brooke
Michael M. Brescia
James H. O'Donnell
Patricia Penn Hilden
Linda C. Garro
Wesley Bernardini
Leonard R. Bruguier
Stephanie May De Montigny
Rich Braunstein
John P. Bowes
et al.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 31, no. 4, 2007, pp. 145-198
Book review of: Becoming Two-Spirit: Gay Identity and Social Acceptance in Indian Country Brian Joseph Gilley. Blonde Indian: An Alaska Native Memoir by Ernestine Hayes. Canyon Gardens: The Ancient Pueblo Landscapes of the American Southwest edited by V. B. Price and Baker H. Morrow. The Cherokee Nation in the Civil War by Clarissa W. Confer. Crossing Waters, Crossing Worlds: The African Diaspora in Indian Country edited by Tiya Miles and Sharon P.
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Reviews

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Mary E. Stuckey
Denise Low
John Richard Beery
Susan Lobo
Margaret B. Blackman
Darby Li Po Price
Joanna C. Scherer
Robert Bensen
et al.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 23, no. 2, 1999, pp. 149-207
Book reviews of: American Indian Activism: Alcatraz to the Longest Walk edited by Troy Johnson, Joane Nagel, and Duane Champagne. As We Are Now: Mixblood Essays on Race and Identity edited by William S. Penn. Cahokia: Domination and Ideology in the Mississippian World edited by Timothy R. Pauketat and Thomas E.
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Reviews

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Peter G. Beidler
Helen Hoy
Helen Jaskoski
Robley Evans
Bette S. Weidman
Gretchen M. Bataille
Rodney Simard
Jeane Coburn Breinig
Roger Weaver
Charles Ballard
Elizabeth Cook-Lynn
Virginia Hymes
Daniel A. Brown
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 3, no. 4, Series 2, Winter, 1991, pp. 47-84
Book reviews of: The Crown of Columbus by Michael Dorris and Louise Erdrich A Second View: The Crown of Columbus by Michael Dorris and Louise Erdrich Baptism of Desire: Poems by Louise Erdrich Interior Landscapes: Autobiographical Myths and Metaphors by Gerald Vizenor Griever: An American Monkey King in China by Gerald Vizenor Native Writers and Canadian Writing edited by W.H.
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Reviews [Studies in American Indian Literatures, Series 2, Vol. 10, No. 4, Winter, 1998]

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Lisa Bernhagen
Geary Hobson
Tara Prince-Hughes
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 10, no. 4, Series 2, Winter, 1998, pp. 74-82
Book reviews of: a snake in her mouth by nila northSun. The Lesser Blessed by Richard Van Camp. Two-Spirit People: Native American Gender Identity, Sexuality, and Spirituality edited by Sue-Ellen Jacobs, Wesley Thomas, and Sabine Lang. Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
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“River of Life, Rapids of Change”: Understanding HIV Vulnerability Among Two-Spirit Youth Who Migrate to Toronto

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Doris O’Brien Teengs
Robb Travers
Canadian Journal of Aboriginal Community-Based HIV/AIDS Research, vol. 1, Inaugural Edition, Summer, 2006, pp. 17-28
Interviews were conducted with 13 two-spirit youths and 8 key informants to gather information on the effect of migration on vulnerability to HIV. (Article found on p. 17 of the first issue of Canadian Journal of Aboriginal Community-Based HIV/AIDS Research.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Gus Ashawasega and Judi Hall, Native Men's Residence

Documents & Presentations
This file consists of a presentation by Gus Ashawasega and Judi Hall focusing on housing for Aboriginals in Metropolitan Toronto. The Native Men's Residence is one of five urban Aboriginal housing organizations in Toronto perspective on Aboriginal housing in Toronto. Housing is required for families, singles, homeless, two-spirited peoples, seniors and the disabled. The federal government announced as of 1 January 1993 that new funding commitments for urban Aboriginal housing initiatives would no longer be provided.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Susan Beaver, President, Two Spirited People of the First Nations

Documents & Presentations
File contains a presentation by Susan Beaver, President of Two Spirited People of the First Nations. Beaver discusses her organization's origins and history, including how and why it changed its name in 1991 from "Gays and Lesbians of the First Nations" to "Two Spirited People of the First Nations." Following the presentation are comments by the Commissioners and a discussion between Commissioner Blakeney and Beaver on ideas of self-governance and how they are viewed by Two-Spirited People of the First Nations.
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Second Stories Discussion Guide

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Barbara Esdale

Three short features are discussed: Honour Thy Father by Gerald Auger; It Had To Be Done by Tessa Desnomie; and Deb-we-win Ge-kend-am-aan, Our Place in the Circle by Lorne Olson.

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The Sexual Health of Indigenous Gay Men and Transgender People

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Bruce Forrest
Aboriginal and islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 19, no. 3, May/June 1995, pp. 12-13
Reports Western mainstream health services are not meeting the need of Aboriginal people. First published in Venerology: The Interdisciplinary, International Journal of Sexual Health, Volume 8, Number 1, February 1995, pp. 13-14.
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"The Song I am Singing": Gregory Scofield's Interweavings of Métis, Gay and Jewish Selfhoods

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jane Scudeler
Studies in Canadian Literature / Études en littérature canadienne, vol. 31, no. 1, For the Love of Words: Aboriginal Writers of Canada, 2006, pp. 129-145
Examines how Scofield employs different identities in his work, rejecting being placed in any particular category. Argues that his identities overlap and are braided together much like a Métis sash.
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Sovereign Erotics: A Collection of Two-Spirit Literature edited by Qwo-Li Driskill, Daniel Heath Justice, Deborah Miranda, and Lisa Tatonetti

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Gabriel S. Estrada
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 25, no. 1, Spring, 2013, pp. 108-112
Book review of Sovereign Erotics edited by Qwo-Li Driskill, Daniel Heath Justice, Deborah Miranda, and Lisa Tatonetti. Entire issue on one pdf. To access review, scroll to page 108.
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Standing with Our American Indian and Alaska Native Women, Girls, and Two-Spirit People: Exploring the Impact of and Resources for Survivors of Human Trafficking

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Glenna P. Stumblingbear-Riddle
Ann K. Burlew
Daniel Gaztambide
Michelle R. Madore
Helen Neville
Journal of Indigenous Research, vol. 7, no. 1, Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, 2019, p. Article 1
Authors use an intersectional and trauma-informed approach to engage with the consequences of human trafficking for Indigenous women, girls and Two-Spirit people; they then consider resiliency factors, and make culturally informed recommendations to assist psychologists in working with survivors of trafficking.
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