Halifax

Indigenous Feminisms & Decolonizing Indigenous Queer Identity

2:00pm
- 5:00pm
Sunday March 2 2014

Colonialism, misogyny, and capitalism are deeply interconnected, and activists cannot engage in feminist or anti-capitalist struggle without also working to decolonize ourselves, our relations with one another, and the spaces & land we inhabit. This workshop is an introduction to some of the thought and work of Indigenous Feminists on occupied Turtle Island (“North America”).

Two-Spirit is a blanket term used by Indigenous peoples to define and decolonize queer and trans* identities. Historically, colonize...rs have violently and systemically persecuted Two-Spirit peoples. The enforcement of Eurocentric, patriarchal, cisnormative, and heteronormative values on Indigenous peoples has continued to persecute Two-Spirit peoples on a neocolonial basis. Historical Two-Spirit identities among Indigenous peoples across "North America" and contemporary movements of2-Spirit peoples, who have reclaimed the term in a very political sense, will be explored.

Lindsay Nixon is Two-Spirit and from the Tootinaowaziibeeng Nation currently displaced in contested Algonquin and Haudenosaunee territories. Lindsay is a student, activist and researcher focusing on feminisms and first peoples.

Molly Swain is a Métis anarcha-feminist hailing from the seam that separates mountain from prairie in the deep West of colonized Assiniboia. Molly and Lindsay are the co-founders ofthe Indigenous Women and Two- Spirit Harm Reduction Coalition.

Event presented by NSPIRG, South House Sexual and Gender Resource Centre, and Dalhousie Native Student's Association. Dinner provided by the Loaded Ladle!

South House is accessible and has a gender neutral washroom. 

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