Indeed, Include Indian Chiefs

Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive material related to racist and transphobic language. The term ‘berdache’ it is a historical slur against Native American people who now commonly identify as "Two Spirit."

In a letter to the New York Times editor, Will Roscoe explains the findings of his book "The Zuni Man-Woman". The book focuses on Native American cultural inclusion of a third gender by using the story of We'wha as an example.

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Identifier: sq87bt97t
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
Creator(s): Roscoe, Will
Contributor(s): Seiffer, Alison
Publisher: The New York Times
Date Issued: Jun. 16, 1991
Dates Covered: 1886
Genre: Clippings
Subject(s): Chief Sitting Bull
Matilda Stevenson
The Zuni Man-Woman
We'wha
Zunis
Places: California > San Francisco County > San Francisco
Washington, D.C.
North America
Topic(s): Anthropologists
Clothing
Crossdressers
Homosexuals
Indigenous peoples
Third gender
Resource Type: Text
Language: English
Rights: In copyright
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