![]() ![]() ![]() This was also because all members would work towards a common goal. However, to them, it was simply surviving and ensuring the success of the tribe, not a role fulfilled by a specific gender. Women could work men’s jobs and men could work women’s jobs. ![]() For instance, a role considered masculine in the western world would be filled by any eligible member of the tribe. It wasn’t until western ideals came to America that the idea of Gender roles came into existence. Since Gender was not a concept for Native Americans, any role could be filled by any member of the tribe. However, it was the reason for survival within the indigenous tribes of America. This was evident for hundreds of years before western ideals and colonialism was pushed onto the Native Americans. Gender does not exist for Two-Spirited people. The idea of Two Spirits directly contradicts the concept of Gender. “…The presence of both a feminine and a masculine spirit in one person.” 1 This is how Qwo Li Driskill describes the definition of Two-Spirit. ![]()
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