"We Are Everywhere": Two-Spirit People and the Reclaiming of a Deep Past
Join Professor Greg Smithers to open new insights into histories of gender diversity and sexual fluidity in Native America. In 1990, a small group of Indigenous people left the Third Annual Gathering of Gay and Lesbian Indians in a buoyant mood. They had just concluded a conference in which they had coined a new name for themselves—Two-Spirit—and felt the tide of history turning in their favor. "We are everywhere," one delegate announced jubiliently. But what did it mean to be Two-Spirit? How did this moment, at the height of the HIV-AIDS pandemic, open new insights into histories of gender diversity and sexual fluidity in Indian Country? As we'll see, the 1990 gathering at Winnipeg became a portal into deep time and to vast repositories of historical knowledge once thought irretrievably lost.
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Presentation: The Shawnee and Dunmore at War, 1774
Discover how Indigenous alliances, the Proclamation of 1763, and settlers’ quest for land contributed to the 1774 Shawnee-Dunmore War and why choosing a winner isn't always clear.
Art Museums Admission
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Feast of the Seven Fishes Christmas Eve Dinner
The chefs of the Williamsburg Inn’s beloved Rockefeller Room are bringing a special nine-course interpretation of the Feast of Seven Fishes to celebrate Christmas Eve.
Open to the Public
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Performance: God is My Rock
Gowan Pamphlet, an enslaved man and popular local preacher, offers his perspective on slavery, religion, and freedom.
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