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• Jonny Appleseed

  a Novel

  Whitehead, Joshua,

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  "I am my own best medicine," and so is this book written by Oji-Cree/nehiyaw two-spirit/Indigiqueer author Joshua Whitehead about NDN glitter princess Jonny Appleseed making a life for himself in the city.

• She Walks for Days Inside a Thousand Eyes

  a Two Spirit Story

  Proulx-Turner, Sharron

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  Sharron Proulx-Turner, currently living in Calgary, combines poetry and history to delve into the lives of two-spirit women, and restore what had been long under attack from Western culture.

• This Wound Is a World

  Poems

  Belcourt, Billy-Ray

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  Billy-Ray Belcourt, a member of the Driftpile Cree First Nations People of Alberta, writes a joyful, poignant, painful, beautiful, and queer exploration of indigeneity.

• Kiss of the Fur Queen

  Highway, Tomson, 1951-

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  Cree playwright/pianist Tomson Highway’s debut novel is the story of sibling rivalry and sibling love, and the effects of Residential School on one family’s existence.

• IRL

  Pico, Tommy,

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  A playful and self-conscious poem that explores language, longing, indigeneity, and Instagram. Tommy Pico conveys a powerful message about race, sexuality and the human condition through poetry.

• A Two-spirit Journey

  the Autobiography of a Lesbian Ojibwa-Cree Elder

  Chacaby, Ma-Nee, 1950-

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  This books comes at an important time in history as Ma-Nee Chacaby’s accounts her extraordinary life as an Ojibwa-Cree lesbian overcoming the legacies of colonialism.

• Love Beyond Body, Space, and Time

  An Indigenous LGBT Sci-fi Anthology

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  A collection of indigenous science fiction and urban fantasy focusing on LGBTQ and two-spirit characters. A beautiful and tender anthology

• Asegi Stories

  Cherokee Queer and Two-spirit Memory

  Driskill, Qwo-Li,

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  Asegi, which translates as “strange,” is also used by some Cherokees as a term similar to “queer.” This book is an excellent resource for anybody interested in decolonization, indigenous studies, and queer theory.

• Full-metal Indigiqueer

  Poems

  Whitehead, Joshua (Writer),

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  This book weaves so many meaningful influences together as a gender-bending, format-twisting, language-curling trip of a read.