Allaire, Christian. “This Indigenous Two-Spirit Couple Matches Their Regalia.” Vogue. Vogue, August 17, 2020. https://www.vogue.com/article/adrian-matthias-stevens-and-sean-snyder-indigenous-two-spirit-couple.
Fantastic article highlighting the how fashion as an art can be used to highlight the spiritual significance of 2-Spiriti identity.
Anita, Stallion “The Birth of The Bannock Babes and a Drag Community,” Canadian Art, March 4, 2021, https://canadianart.ca/interviews/the-birth-of-the-bannock-babes-and-a-drag-community/.
This interview provides some insight into the rise of an Indigenous drag space and how they express their genders beyond the gender binary and western expectations of gender performance.
Bick, Michael, “Adapting the Language of Postcolonial Subjectivity: Mimicry and the Subversive Art of Kent Monkman. Salem State University. Retrieved from http://digitalcommons.salemstate.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgiarticle=1008&context=graduate_theses
As previously highlighted in the gallery, this source further highlights the strategy and brilliance of Kent Monkman's art and why it is so effective.
Boellstorff, T., Cabral, M., Cárdenas, M., Cotten, T., Stanley, E. A., Young, K., & Aizura, A. Z. (2014). Decolonizing Transgender A Roundtable Discussion. TSQ: Transgender Studies Quarterly, 1(3), 419–439. https://doi.org/10.1215/23289252-2685669
Complementing works such as the Space Between Us book recommendation, this source further expands on the complexity and spiritual importance of gender expression of Non cisgender Indigenous people
Brammer, J. P. Native American “Two Spirit” Uses Drag to Connect to His Roots - NBC News. (n.d.). Retrieved April 3, 2022, from http://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/nativeamerican-two-spirit-uses-drag-connect-his-roots-n608591
This article further highlights how drag as an art form can be used (through fasion, jewelry, hairstyle, etc.) to indigenize drag spaces.
Cotter, Holland. “A Cree Artist Redraws History.” The New York Times. The New York Times, December 19, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/19/arts/design/kent-monkman-metropolitan-museum.html.
This article highlights the usage of historical events and Western tropes against them by Kent Monkman through his subversive artwork.
“Cris Derksen's Orchestral Powwow.” Celebration of Nations, September 7, 2021.
https://www.celebrationofnations.ca/event/cris-derksens-orchestral-powwow/?msclkid=2209e883ceee11eca3b75374fcaf5eec.
This work highlights how western Orchestral writing and training could be presented through Indigenous music and personal identity.
Gilley, B. J., “Becoming two-spirit: gay identity and social acceptance in Indian country.” (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press 2006)
This work helps highlights how tribal communities engage, accept, or reject LGBTQ+ members of their community.
Innes, Robert Alexander, and Kim Anderson. 2015. Indigenous Men and Masculinities: Legacies, Identities, Regeneration. Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press.
https://ursinuscollege.on.worldcat.org/oclc/699521298
Understanding the gender performance and expectation of masculinity further highlights the experiences of many AMAB (assigned male at birth) Indigenous individuals which is often encapsulated in their artwork.
Jae, Johnnie. “Cosplay Spotlight: Dezbah Rose - A Tribe Called Geek.” A Tribe Called Geek - Indigenenerdity for the Geeks at the Powwow, March 5, 2021.
https://atribecalledgeek.com/cosplay-spotlight-dezbah-rose/.
A useful source on how western media such as superhero or science fiction franchises are decolonized through the process of indigenization.
Jolivétte Andrew. 2016. Indian Blood: Hiv and Colonial Trauma in San Francisco's Two-Spirit Community. Indigenous Confluences. Seattle: University of Washington Press.
https://ursinuscollege.on.worldcat.org/oclc/945976517
This reading is vital for understanding the intersectionality of the AIDS crisis within the community.
Krystal, Matthew. 2012. Indigenous Dance and Dancing Indian: Contested Representation in the Global Era. Boulder, Colo.: University of Press of Colorado.
“Lee Maracle.” The Canadian Encyclopedia. Accessed April 2022.
https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/lee-maracle?msclkid=b03dacb5cf2811eca91e996e8bf04154.
This article highlights the visibility and activism within the bodily expressive art form of dance.
Minshall, Jacob. “Native American Drag Star Lady Shug Is More than Glamour.” ADVOCATE.
Advocate.com, June 12, 2019. https://www.advocate.com/exclusives/2019/6/12/native-american-drag-star-lady-shug-more-glamour.
This is another valuable resource in understanding the complex blending of identities that goes far beyond the fashion and performance of drag.
Nativemax. “A Word with Og Indigenous Drag Queen Landa Lakes.” Native Max, August 21, 2020. https://nativemaxmagazine.com/a-word-with-og-indigenous-drag-queen-landa-
lakes/.
This article demonstrates how even the name of drag queens can be used as a means of decolonization and how activism is embedded in 2-Spirit and LGBTQ+ Indigenous individuals drag performances.
Perry, Nicole. “Translating the ‘Dead Indian’: Kent Monkman, Miss Chief Eagle Testickle, and the Painting of the American West.” Imaginations, February 23, 2021.
http://imaginations.glendon.yorku.ca/p=13673&msclkid=95062e1fcf1c11ec87684c3448b4e9504e950.
An exploration of the time-traveling drag queen alter ego of Kent Monkman to challenge Western linearity and subverting Wild West tropes.
Shedeen , Kaila. “Call and Response: A Conversation with Jeffrey Gibson.” Sightlines, December 19, 2020. https://sightlinesmag.org/jeffrey-gibson-blanton-exhibition-interview.
This interview sheds some light on some of the background and inspiration of Jeffrey Gibson, who was highlighted in the gallery portion of the site.
Sleeper, Sarah “Contesting knowledge: museums and indigenous perspectives” (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press 2009).
This reading further highlights the western perspective and approach most museums uphold and what Indigenization and Indigenous agency in museums actually looks like.
Smith, L. T. Decolonizing methodologies: research and indigenous peoples (Second edition). (London: Zed Books 2012)
A good resource for understanding the ethical and decolonization considerations and approaches to Indigenous history.
Zimmer, Vanessa. “Straight out of Sundance: How ‘Drunktown's Finest’ Director Sydney Freeland Found Cinema and Pursued Her Dream.” sundance.org - sundance.org, January 31, 2022. https://www.sundance.org/blogs/straight-out-of-sundance-how-drunktowns-finest-director-sydney-freeland-found-cinema-and-pursued-her-dream/.
Background and interview of Sydney Freeland, who was featured in the gallery. Understanding her journey is necessary for understanding fully what her journey led to, so this article provides useful context.