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Two-spirit (also known as two spirit or occasionally twospirited) [a] is a contemporary pan-Indian umbrella term used by some Indigenous North Americans to describe Native people who fulfill a traditional third-gender (or other gender-variant) social role in their communities. [2] [3] [4] [5]
In addition to doing heavy work, some lhamana people have excelled at traditional arts and crafts such as pottery and weaving. We'wha, in particular, was a noted weaver. [5] Both masculine and feminine pronouns have been used for lhamana people. Writing about her friend We'wha, anthropologist Matilda Coxe Stevenson described We'wha as:
Pages in category "Two-spirit people" The following 59 pages are in this category, out of 59 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Jonathon Adams;
Two-Spirit refers to a traditional role in Native American society, but not all indigenous queer people identify with the term.
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Two-Spirit is an umbrella term that emerged in the 1990s, referring to people in many Indigenous and Native American who historically had both a masculine and feminine spirit, and who filled ...
We'wha (c. 1849–1896, various spellings) was a Zuni Native American lhamana from New Mexico, and a notable weaver and potter. [1] As the most famous lhamana on record, We'wha served as a cultural ambassador for Native Americans in general, and the Zuni in particular, serving as a contact point and educator for many European-American settlers, teachers, soldiers, missionaries, and ...
Sherenté Mishitashin Harris, a gender-queer Fancy Shawl dancer, is the subject of documentary 'Being Thunder.'