Living the Spirit

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List of Illustrations

xiii

Acknowledgments

xv

Preface

1

(8)

Randy Burns

I. ARTISTS, HEALERS, AND PROVIDERS: THE BERDACHE HERITAGE

Some Like Indians Endure

9

(6)

Paula Gunn Allen

Tinselled Bucks: A Historical Study in Indian Homosexuality

15

(17)

Maurice Kenny

Sex/Gender Systems in Native North America Midnight Sun (Anishnawbe)

32

(16)

Strange Country This: Images of Berdaches and Warrior Women

48

(29)

Will Roscoe

Ever Since the World Began: Berdache Myths and Tales

77

(20)

II. GAY AMERICAN INDIANS TODAY: LIVING THE SPIRIT

Children of Grandmother Moon

97

(9)

M. Owlfeather

Speaking Up

106

(9)

Erna Pahe

Grandpa's Little Girl

115

(4)

Debra S. O'Gara

Becoming Indian

119

(9)

Kieran Prather

Jerry

A National Disgrace

128

(3)

Lawrence William O'Connor

Gay American Indians Ben the Dancer (Yankton Sioux)

131

(3)

Selections from Raven's Road

134

(19)

Paula Gunn Allen

Winkte

153

(2)

Pima

155

(1)

United

156

(1)

Maurice Kenny

Coyote and Tehoma

157

(6)

Daniel-Harry Steward

Coyote Learns a New Trick

163

(4)

A Long Story

167

(9)

Her Name Is Helen

176

(4)

Beth Brant

Today Was a Bad Day Like TB

180

(2)

Savage Eloquence

182

(2)

Chrystos

Homelands and Family

184

(3)

Journeys of the Mind

187

(4)

Wewoka Oklahoma---Summer '85

191

(2)

Anne Waters

Understanding Grandfather

193

(2)

Daniel Little Hawk

A Freedom Song

195

(2)

Tala Sanning

Charleen Just Never Came Back

197

(2)

Mary TallMountain

O Mother Earth

199

(1)

Lawrence William O'Connor

``My ephemeral beauty . . .'' Midnight Sun (Anishnawbe)

200

(2)

``Your body . . .''

202

(1)

Nola M. Hadley

My Rug Maker Fine Ben the Dancer (Yankton Sioux)

203

(2)

``Stepping softly . . .''

205

(1)

Carole LaFavor

Horseshoes

206

(1)

Joe Dale Tate Nevaquaya

``Our lives go on . . .''

207

(1)

Janice Gould

``I have picked a bouquet . . .''

208

(7)

Richard La Fortune

III. RESOURCES

Contacts and Resources

215

(2)

North American Tribes with Berdache and Alternative Gender Roles

217

(6)

Contributor Notes

223

(6)

Sources and Suggested Reading

229

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