Tag: Two Spirit

Shawnee Lynn Talbot uses her songs to advocate for queer, Indigenous, youth, and mental health issues. On stage, her name is just Shawnee or She King. She is a Mohawk Canadian singer and identifies as Two Spirit. Two Spirit is a term uses in Indigenous communities to describe individuals who are fluid with their gender and sexuality. Two Spirit people used to be celebrated in Indigenous communities before European settlers colonized North America. Since the Indigenous culture relied heavily on oral teachings,...

This year, the Bay Area held their eighth annual powwow in Fort Mason, San Francisco to celebrate Two Spirit communities. Two Spirit individuals are members of indigenous communities who are fluid with their gender and sexuality. There are several definitions of the word that differ between nations, but the term was adopted at the Intertribal Native American, First Nations, Gay and Lesbian conference in Winnipeg in 1991. The Bay Area American Indian Two Spirit organization (BAAITS), which organizes the annual powwow,...