If you don't have a tribe, you can't claim that role. Two Spirit is a role that existed in a Native American/First Nations/Indigenous tribe for gender queer, gender fluid, and gender non-conforming tribal members. Wanting to capture the essence of a Two Spirit relationship and decolonize homophobic attitudes, Saskatchewan-based producer, filmmaker, and photographer, Marcel Petit (Metis) created a photo essay of Two Spirit couple Warren Ibister (Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation) and Don Bear (Peter Ballantyne of Cree Nation) wearing traditional regalia in women’s Cree style. At Two Spirit gatherings and communal events, we can be found saying prayers that have needed to be said for decades, and fostering healing to all present. As the role has evolved over time as necessary, the tradition is still alive. Thought to be the "dusk" between the male morning, and the female evening. In many tribes Two Spirits were balance keepers. Two Spirit people held a meaningful place in the sacred hoop. Two Spirit people held significant roles and were an integral part of a tribal social structures As with all of Native culture, Two Spirit is also a living culture. Actual events such a this are now part of our modern history as Two Spirit people and should never be minimized.
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Knee deep in mud on a cold 2016 November morning, the Two Spirit camp worked till sundown, so that our women and elders could have a place to pray the following morning. In 2016 Two Spirit nation at Oceti Sakowin built the Cannonball River prayer pier, to be used for water ceremonies.
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If we lose our traditions, our songs, our medicines, and our languages, and make no effort to restore what was lost, we doom ourselves. To be of service to our elders and youth with our very particular medicine is paramount. Living as a Two Spirit is not all pride parades and hot pants.
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Out of the 250 groups invited to participate in the 46th annual San Francisco LGBT Pride Parade, the Bay Area American Indian Two Spirits (BAAITS) parade participants were a crowd favorite.