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Goodpasture Rancher

Joined: 14 Jul 2007 Posts: 1180 Location: Pawnee Nation
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Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 8:32 am Post subject: For hopalong and his special "friends" |
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Yes, there really is a place in society for you. Except you haven't shown any of the spiritual attributes that come with being a two spirit.......
http://www.reznetnews.org/multimedia/slideshow/two-spirit-wedding
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Who are Two Spirit? Two Spirit is a contemporary name given to gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender American Indians and refers to the holistic relationship of both genders in one individual. Worldwide, indigenous tribes have celebrated Two Spirit people; they often held important decision-making positions and were sought out for spiritual advice.
"Two Spirit for me is the man and woman [in one body] together," said Antonio Ramirez, an Aztec living in Wichita and a Two-Spirit man who came to support his friends in the wedding.
Two Spirits' nondefined gender roles conflicted with the Christian ideology of the first European settlers and, because of assimilation, Two Spirit people became repressed and virtually forgotten. For the past 20 years, there has been a resurgence. Two Spirit societies have been formed in Denver, Tulsa, the San Francisco Bay Area, the Northeast and Northwest, and throughout Canada.
"[F]or us as Two Spirited people, we need to learn our roles, instill ourselves with power and medicine to take the message of our roles to our Native people," said John Hawk Co-Cke, an Osage and an activist from the Tulsa Two Spirits Society. "We are going back and telling our people that this is our role, this is our place." |
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hopalong Rancher

Joined: 12 Nov 2006 Posts: 5969 Location: Az.
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Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 4:48 pm Post subject: |
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Your point is??
Opppps I forgot for a second you have no point and never have had!!! Foolish me for losing my head for a second!!!
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nonothing Rancher

Joined: 12 Feb 2006 Posts: 3451 Location: bc
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Goodpasture Rancher

Joined: 14 Jul 2007 Posts: 1180 Location: Pawnee Nation
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Posted: Fri May 02, 2008 4:07 pm Post subject: |
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You mean like "Berdache"?
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| The older term "berdache" is a generic term used primarily by anthropologists, and is frequently rejected as inappropriate and offensive by Native Americans. This may be largely due to its pejorative etymology as it is a loan from French bardache via Spanish bardaxa or bardaje/bardaja via Italian bardasso or berdasia via Arabic bardaj meaning "kept boy; male prostitute, |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-Spirit
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| A berdache is a man who, in conformity with social convention, assumes a woman's role in every respect. |
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hopalong Rancher

Joined: 12 Nov 2006 Posts: 5969 Location: Az.
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nonothing Rancher

Joined: 12 Feb 2006 Posts: 3451 Location: bc
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hopalong Rancher

Joined: 12 Nov 2006 Posts: 5969 Location: Az.
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nonothing Rancher

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hopalong Rancher

Joined: 12 Nov 2006 Posts: 5969 Location: Az.
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hopalong Rancher

Joined: 12 Nov 2006 Posts: 5969 Location: Az.
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Posted: Fri May 02, 2008 7:01 pm Post subject: |
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| Calling me MEMANPA is a great compliment!!Thank you thank you thank you!!!
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hopalong Rancher

Joined: 12 Nov 2006 Posts: 5969 Location: Az.
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Mrs.Greg Rancher

Joined: 09 Jan 2006 Posts: 7488 Location: Alberta
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