LEADER 00000cam 2201549 i 4500 001 ocn927382779 003 OCoLC 008 170418s2016 mbcab b 000 0aeng 020 9780887558122|q(paperback) 020 0887558127|q(paperback) 020 |z9780887555053 020 |z0887555055 020 |z9780887555039 020 0887555039 020 9780887555039 037 |bMichigan State Univ Pr, C/O Chicago Distribution Ctr 11030 Langley Ave, Chicago, IL, USA, 60628, (773)7027000 |nSAN 202-5280 041 eng 082 04 306.76/63092|223 084 cci1icc|2lacc 084 coll13|2lacc 092 0 306.76 Chacaby|bengelska 100 1 Chacaby, Ma-Nee,|d1950-|eauthor 245 12 A two-spirit journey :|bthe autobiography of a lesbian Ojibwa-Cree elder /|cMa-Nee Chacaby with Mary Louisa Plummer 264 1 Winnipeg, Manitoba :|bUMP, University of Manitoba Press, |c[2016] 300 xii, 240 pages :|billustrations, maps ;|c23 cm 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 338 volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 490 1 Critical studies in Native history ;|v18 504 Includes bibliographical references 505 0 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 520 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, and health legacies of colonialism. As a child, Chacaby learned spiritual and cultural traditions from her Cree grandmother and trapping, hunting, and bush survival skills from her Ojibwa stepfather. She also suffered physical and sexual abuse by different adults, and in her teen years became alcoholic herself. At twenty, Chacaby moved to Thunder Bay with her children to escape an abusive marriage. Abuse, compounded by racism, continued, but Chacaby found supports to help herself and others. Over the following decades, she achieved sobriety; trained and worked as an alcoholism counsellor; raised her children and fostered many others; learned to live with visual impairment; and came out as a lesbian. In 2013, Chacaby led the first gay pride parade in Thunder Bay. Ma- Nee Chacaby has emerged from hardship grounded in faith, compassion, humour, and resilience. Her memoir provides unprecedented insights into the challenges still faced by many Indigenous people 600 10 Chacaby, Ma-Nee,|d1950- 650 0 Indian lesbians|zOntario|zThunder Bay|vBiography 650 0 Two-spirit people|zOntario|zThunder Bay|vBiography 650 0 Lesbians|zOntario|zThunder Bay|vBiography 650 0 Ojibwa Indians|zOntario|zThunder Bay|vBiography 650 0 Cree Indians|zOntario|zThunder Bay|vBiography 650 5 Elders (Native peoples)|zOntario|zThunder Bay|vBiography 650 7 First Nations|xElders|vBiography.|2fnhl 650 7 Anishnabe|xWomen.|2fnhl 650 7 Cree Indians.|2fast 650 7 Indian lesbians.|2fast 650 7 Lesbians.|2fast 650 7 Ojibwa Indians.|2fast 650 7 Two-spirit people.|2fast 650 7 Cree (folk)|2sao 650 7 Lesbiska kvinnor|2sao 650 7 Indianer|2sao 650 7 Homosexuella|2sao 650 7 HBTQ-personer|2sao 651 0 Thunder Bay (Ont.)|vBiography 651 4 Kanada 651 7 Ontario|zThunder Bay 655 7 Autobiographies.|2fast 655 7 Biography.|2fast 655 7 Biografi|2saogf 700 1 Plummer, Mary Louisa,|eauthor 776 1 Chacaby, Ma-Nee, 1950-|tTwo-spirit journey.|dWinnipeg, Manitoba : UMP, University of Manitoba Press, [2016] |z0887555039|z9780887555039|w(OCoLC)936220187 830 0 Critical studies in native history ;|v18 907 00 190510
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