A two-spirit journey : the autobiography of a lesbian Ojibwa-Cree elder / Ma-Nee Chacaby with Mary Louisa Plummer.

A Two-Spirit Journey is Ma-Nee Chacaby's account of her life as an Ojibwa-Cree lesbian. From her early, often harrowing memories of life and abuse in a remote Ojibwa community riven by poverty and alcoholism, Chacaby's story is one of enduring and ultimately overcoming the social, economic...

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Main Authors: Chacaby, Ma-Nee, 1950- (Author), Plummer, Mary Louisa (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Winnipeg, Manitoba : UMP, University of Manitoba Press, [2016]
Series:Critical studies in native history ; 18.
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505 0 |a My grandmother's and my family's history in Manitoba and Ontario (1863-1952) -- First discoveries, joys, and sorrows: My early childhood in Ombabika (1952-1958) -- Seasonal activities, first friendships, and the beginning of addiction (1958-1960) -- School, teenage friendships, and having two spirits (1960-1965) -- Losing my grandmother and mother, becoming a parent, and surviving an abusive marriage in Auden (1965-1970) -- Living and parenting in Thunder Bay and Sault Ste. Marie before sobriety (1970-1975) -- Sobriety and single-parenting in Thunder Bay (1975-1980) -- Working with addicted mothers and raising foster kids with Nate in Winnipeg (1980-1987) -- Coming out, falling in love, and living with Leah in Thunder Bay and Boston (1987-1991) -- Meeting Grace and building a life together in Kaministiquia (1991-2004) -- Recovering from post-traumatic stress disorder and becoming an elder in Thunder Bay (2004-2014) -- Afterword / Mary Louisa Palmer. 
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