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brer cat

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Reply to Behind the Aegis (Original post)

Fri Sep 9, 2022, 02:55 PM

Sep 2022

Two-Spirit is “not a poetic way for non-Native LGBTQ people to express themselves,” as Neptune explained in the Them.com video.

Reed said that non-Indigenous people claiming to be Two-Spirit is “reminiscent of colonizers and conquerors taking our identity away from us.”

“We welcome allys but Two-Spirit is for Indigenous peoples only,” he said. “A non-Native would or should not claim to be of Navajo descent because they felt a kinship.”

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Here's What It Means To Be 'Two-Spirit,' According To Native People [View all] Behind the Aegis Sep 2022 OP

Intersting, thanks. TigressDem Sep 2022 #1

More: brer cat Sep 2022 #2

i took a history of ceramics class and learned about a famous two spirit potter. mopinko Sep 2022 #3