Indigenous queer and a search for indigenisation? Casey S. O’Higgins, ‘Two-Spirit Indigenous Americans: Fact not Fiction’, Student Publications, 403, 2015 | settler colonial studies blog

Indigenous queer and a search for indigenisation? Casey S. O’Higgins, ‘Two-Spirit Indigenous Americans: Fact not Fiction’, Student Publications, 403, 2015

26Feb16

Abstract: This paper examines the narratives of Two-Spirit Indigenous Americans who have been oppressed by heteropatriarchal norms of colonization. Two-spirit creation stories are explored to show the prevalence and importance of their identities prior to contact with Euro-American settlers and the evolution of violence, exclusion, and marginalization due to colonization.The term “Two-Spirit” is examined as a cultural identity of the Indigenous Americans. Finally, the paper looks at how Two-Spirit scholars are looking to combine Queer Theory with Indigenous Studies to deconstruct colonial heteropatriarchal America.

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