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• Full-metal Indigiqueer

  Poems

  Whitehead, Joshua, 1989-

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  "Full-metal indigiqueer is the first book by Joshua Whitehead, a two-spirit storyteller and academic from Treaty 1. In this new publication, his collection of poetry serves to focus and re-center two-spirit Indigenous lives that have been…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Jonny Appleseed

  a Novel

  Whitehead, Joshua, 1989-

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  Jonny Appleseed, a young Two-Spirit/Indigiqueer, has to return to the his former life when he attends the funeral of his stepfather.

• This Wound Is a World

  Poems

  Belcourt, Billy-Ray

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  "A writer, academic and self-proclaimed hopeless romantic, Billy-ray Belcourt has put out his first book entitled This Wound is a World. Part manifesto, part memoir Billy-ray invites the reader into a world of decolonial love and sex in…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Love Beyond Body, Space, and Time

  An Indigenous LGBT Sci-fi Anthology

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  "Love Beyond, Body, Space and Time is a collection of indigenous science fiction and urban fantasy focusing on LGBT and two-spirit characters. These stories range from a transgender woman trying an experimental transition medication to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Maiden, Mother, Crone

  Fantastical Trans Femmes

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  Maiden, Mother, and Crone: Fantastical Trans Femmes is a Bedside Press anthology of new fantastical short fiction by trans women and trans feminine writers curated by celebrated poet and author Gwen Benaway. Drawing on high fantasy and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Bad Indians

  a Tribal Memoir

  Miranda, Deborah A.

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  "Deborah A. Miranda tells stories of her Ohlone Costanoan Esselen family as well as the experience of California Indians as a whole through oral histories, newspaper clippings, anthropological recordings, personal reflections and poems.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Raised by Humans

  Poems

  Miranda, Deborah A.

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  "This poetry collection is also about how Indigenous people survive civilization and become readers and writers of the same alphabet that colonized their culture. The complexity of being forced to find her way into relationship with the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• She Walks for Days Inside a Thousand Eyes

  a Two Spirit Story

  Proulx-Turner, Sharron

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  "Describing herself as a “two-spirit nokomis, mom, writer and community worker,” Proulx-Turner writes poetry and non-fiction that map intimate relational ties between people. Her book She Walks for Days Inside a Thousand Eyes (a two-spirit…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Trees Are Still Bending South

  Proulx-Turner, Sharron

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  “I walked into this woman’s dreams through the pages of this book searching for he ghosts that inhabit these pages. I met Louis for the first time in a woman’s voice, a strong voice, a proud voice that had not sung for more than a hundred…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Why Indigenous Literatures Matter

  Justice, Daniel Heath, 1975-

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  "In considering the connections between literature and lived experience, this book contemplates four key questions at the heart of Indigenous kinship traditions: How do we learn to be human? How do we become good relatives? How do we…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Kiss of the Fur Queen

  Highway, Tomson, 1951-

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  "Kiss of the Fur Queen is the story of champion dog-sled racer Abraham Okimasis and his sons Jeremiah, a pianist, and Gabriel, a dancer. As the brothers journey from northern Manitoba to residential school and then to Winnipeg, a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Rez Sisters

  a Play in Two Acts

  Highway, Tomson, 1951-

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  "This award-winning play by Native playwright Tomson Highway is a powerful and moving portrayal of seven women from a reserve attempting to beat the odds by winning at bingo. And not just any bingo. It is THE BIGGEST BINGO IN THE WORLD and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Two-spirit Journey

  the Autobiography of a Lesbian Ojibwa-Cree Elder

  Chacaby, Ma-Nee, 1950-

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  "A Two-Spirit Journey is Ma-Nee Chacaby's extraordinary account of her life as an Ojibwa-Cree lesbian. From her early, often harrowing memories of life and abuse in a remote Ojibwa community riven by poverty and alcoholism, Chacaby's story…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• One Bead at a Time

  a Memoir

  Little Thunder, Beverly

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  "One Bead at a Time is the oral memoir of Beverly Little Thunder, a two-spirit Lakota Elder from Standing Rock, who has lived most of her life in service to Indigenous and non-Indigenous women in vast areas of both the United States and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Kipocihkân

  Poems New & Selected

  Scofield, Gregory, 1966-

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  "I make offerings to my Grandmothers and Grandfathers when I write. I ask them to come and sit with me, to give me courage and strength. I ask them to help me be honest, reflective of the ceremony that I am about to begin. I ask them to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Thunder Through My Veins

  Memories of a Métis Childhood

  Scofield, Gregory, 1966-

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  "This is Gregory Scofield's traumatic, tender and redeeming story of his fight to discover himself—a young man who has become an acclaimed, award-winning poet, celebrated for his sensual imagery and lyrical use of Cree words and rhythms.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Love Medicine and One Song

  Sâkihtowin-maskihkiy Êkwa Pêyak-nikamowin

  Scofield, Gregory, 1966-

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  "In 'Love Medicine and One Song', Gregory Scofield steps out of the urban rez and enters the fields of love. Intertwining lush scenes from the natural world with images of the human body, the poems in Love Medicine and One Song celebrate…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Two-spirit Acts

  Queer Indigenous Performances

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  "With a refreshing spin, the plays touch on topics of desire, identity and community as they humorously tackle the colonial misunderstandings of Indigenous people. From a female trickster story centered on erotic lesbian tales to the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Becoming Two-spirit

  Gay Identity and Social Acceptance in Indian Country

  Gilley, Brian Joseph, 1972-

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  "The Two-Spirit man occupies a singular place in Native American culture, balancing the male and the female spirit even as he tries to blend gay and Native identity. The accompanying ambiguities of gender and culture come into vivid relief…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Two-spirit People

  Native American Gender Identity, Sexuality, and Spirituality

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  "Focusing on the concept of two-spirit people—individuals not necessarily gay or lesbian, transvestite or bisexual, but whose behaviors or beliefs may sometimes be interpreted by others as uncharacteristic of their sex—this book is the…Read moreRead more of this annotation