{"id":81,"date":"2007-02-04T06:46:51","date_gmt":"2007-02-04T06:46:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lucarinfo.com\/czblog\/more-on-the-two-spirit-tradition\/"},"modified":"2025-10-22T21:44:35","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T21:44:35","slug":"more-on-the-two-spirit-tradition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lucarinfo.com\/czblog\/more-on-the-two-spirit-tradition\/","title":{"rendered":"More on The Two-Spirit Tradition"},"content":{"rendered":"

Really wanted to post this and share it with you. <\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.androphile.org\/preview\/Culture\/NativeAmerica\/amerindian.htm<\/span><\/p>\n

Even though a two-spirit male would have taken on the gender identity of a woman, he would still have the endurance and strength of a man. Thus his productivity was greater than that of most women, and for that reason also he would have been valued as a marriage partner. Other characteristics that Natives associate with two-spirit people and that help explain their desirability as partners are a highly developed ability to relate to and teach children, a generous nature, and exceptional intellectual and artistic skills.<\/span><\/p>\n

…gender flexibility in any individual is welcomed as a rare and precious aspect of human experience, a special talent to live life in a fresh, spontaneously authentic way that enriches and empowers the lives of all in the community. It is a lasting testament to the psychological sophistication of Native tribes that they recognized two-spirit people as being engines of creativity, change and innovation (much as they have been in other cultures and continue to be in ours) and co-operated in creating the sacred space in which such people could manifest. As Joe Medicine Crow, a Crow traditionalist, told Walter Williams, We don’t waste people the way white society does. Every person has their gift.”<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Totally agree with Joe Medicine Crow – White society does waste people, and animals and environmental resources as well. Surprising photo in the next post. I’ll be sharing this with my daughter.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Really wanted to post this and share it with you. https:\/\/www.androphile.org\/preview\/Culture\/NativeAmerica\/amerindian.htm Even though a two-spirit male would have taken on the gender identity of a woman, he would still have the endurance and strength of a man. Thus his productivity was greater than that of most women, and for that reason also he would have … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-czblog"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t