{"product_id":"reclaiming-two-spirits-sexuality-spiritual-renewal-sovereignty-in-native-america-paperback","title":"Reclaiming Two-Spirits: Sexuality, Spiritual Renewal \u0026 Sovereignty in Native America - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGregory Smithers\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRaven E. Heavy Runner\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2023 Prose Award in Cultural Anthropology and Sociology\u003cbr\u003eFinalist for the 2023 Publishing Triangle Randy Shilts Award for Gay Nonfiction \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA sweeping history of Indigenous traditions of gender, sexuality, and resistance that reveals how, despite centuries of colonialism, Two-Spirit people are reclaiming their place in Native nations. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eReclaiming Two-Spirits\u003c\/i\u003e decolonizes the history of gender and sexuality in Native North America. It honors the generations of Indigenous people who had the foresight to take essential aspects of their cultural life and spiritual beliefs underground in order to save them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBefore 1492, hundreds of Indigenous communities across North America included people who identified as neither male nor female, but both. They went by \u003ci\u003eaakíí'skassi\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003emiati\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eokitcitakwe, \u003c\/i\u003eor one of hundreds of other tribally specific identities. After European colonizers invaded Indian Country, centuries of violence and systematic persecution followed, imperiling the existence of people who today call themselves Two-Spirits, an umbrella term denoting feminine and masculine qualities in one person. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on written sources, archaeological evidence, art, and oral storytelling, \u003ci\u003eReclaiming Two-Spirits\u003c\/i\u003e spans the centuries from Spanish invasion to the present, tracing massacres and inquisitions and revealing how the authors of colonialism's written archives used language to both denigrate and erase Two-Spirit people from history. But as Gregory Smithers shows, the colonizers failed--and Indigenous resistance is core to this story. \u003ci\u003eReclaiming Two-Spirits\u003c\/i\u003e amplifies their voices, reconnecting their history to Native nations in the 21st century.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eGregory D. Smithers is professor of American history and Eminent Scholar at Virginia Commonwealth University and a British Academy Global Professor at the University of Hull in England. His research focuses on Cherokee and Southeastern Indigenous history, as well as gender, sexuality, racial and environmental history. His books include \u003ci\u003eNative Southerners: Indigenous History from Origins to Removal\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Cherokee Diaspora: An Indigenous History of Migration, Resettlement, and Identity\u003c\/i\u003e. Follow him at gregorysmithers.com and on Twitter (@GD_Smithers). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 9 x 5.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 25, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51978536517933,"sku":"9780807008195","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/UGtZemw5SlV0VGl3UGU2MDV6cUtnQT09.webp?v=1775805692","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/reclaiming-two-spirits-sexuality-spiritual-renewal-sovereignty-in-native-america-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}