{"product_id":"two-spirit-transgender-native-indigenous-american-history-culture-9798312451108","title":"Two Spirit: Transgender Native Indigenous American History \u0026 Culture","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Tala Kwevani\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: LGBTQ+ Studies - Transgender Studies\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e So here I am, Tala Kwevani-trans-man, gay, Navajo, Two-Spirit or not. I don't have answers-just a fistful of threads. We'wha's ghost, Osh-Tisch's grit, my mom's half-told stories, Jesse's powwows, Kai's paintings. They don't braid clean, but they're mine to weave. Two-Spirit's flawed-too broad, too new, too loud-but it's a start. It's a circle, and I'm in it, for now. \u003cbr\u003eWriting Two Spirits wasn't just research-it was a gut-wrenching wrestle with my own existence. I'm Tala Kwevani, a transgender gay Native trans-man, born in a girl's body on the frayed edge of a Navajo reservation. There, stories of who we were-our real roots-were choked out by boarding-school walls and white man's rules. Growing up, I was a fracture: my skin didn't match my spirit, my heart pulled toward men in ways the rez didn't name, and the past was a half-burned map I couldn't read. Then I stumbled on \"Two-Spirit\"-a bold, Native-sounding label that promised to hold people like me. It lured me in, hinting at a deep heritage. But the more I dug, the more it unraveled: born in 1990, not etched in ancient stone-a modern flare, not the drumbeat of my ancestors. This book is my stand against it- a challenge to a term that might be less ours and more a white-crafted echo of our broken past.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is my excavation-through dirt, doubt, and the chasms colonialism gouged into us. It's not about celebrating \"Two-Spirit\" or its gloss; it's about scraping off the layers to see what holds. As a trans man who loves men, I've clawed for my place in a world hell-bent on erasing Natives like me-queer or not. But I'm done with pretty lies. \u003ci\u003eTwo Spirits\u003c\/i\u003e is my fight to reclaim what's real-asking if this term fits or if it's just another colonial handprint on our story. It's for anyone caught between worlds, craving truth over comfort, and for the spirits-old and new-who refuse to be caged by someone else's words.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI don't claim all the answers. What I've got is my lens-trans, gay, Din?, skeptical-and a fire to sift through the chaos, not polish the myth. This is my line in the sand. Let's see what it uncovers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Tala Kwevani\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45556012679319,"sku":"9798312451108","price":2280.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798312451108.webp?v=1767180732","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/two-spirit-transgender-native-indigenous-american-history-culture-9798312451108","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}