Event concluded on Monday July 27.
Watch the exclusive recording of the Two Spirit of Pride event to hear the stories and listen to teachings from Harlan Pruden, First Nation Cree, who works with and for the Two-Spirit community locally, nationally and internationally. Harlan is an Educator at the BC Center for Disease Control’s Chee Mamuk program, an Indigenous public health program. Harlan is also the Managing Editor of the TwoSpiritJournal.com.
Many cultural traditions and practices of the peoples of Turtle Island have often been misrepresented or suppressed. This especially holds true for Indigenous notions and practices of sex, gender, gender-roles, gender-expressions and sexuality. This community dialogue took up the discussion of what and who is Two-Spirit and featured some of the sociohistorical documentation from a nation-specific standpoint while supplementing these records and narratives with deconstructed colonial accounts. A brief overview was offered on how this burgeoning body of knowledge is used to (re)learn and (re)claim respect, honor and dignity for Two-Spirit individuals and communities as they navigate and negotiate Indigenous and LGBTQI+ spaces, places and communities.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Harlan Pruden, First Nation Cree, works with and for the Two-Spirit community locally, nationally and internationally. Harlan is an Educator at the BC Center for Disease Control’s Chee Mamuk program, an Indigenous public health program. Harlan is also the Managing Editor of the TwoSpiritJournal.com.
Opening Ceremony was provided by Elder Roberta Price.
