This is the third of a three-part series that sketches the histories of Bar Chee Ampe (ca. 1800-1854) and We’wha (1849-1896), as well as the organization that bore their names. Please see parts one and two for more! U.S. government policies intended to assimilate the Native American population reached their apogee in the “termination era,”…
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Bar Chee Ampe and Beyond: Uncovering Two-Spirit Identity, Part 3
November 27, 2019
This is the third of a three-part series that sketches the histories of Bar Chee Ampe (ca. 1800-1854) and We’wha (1849-1896), as well as the organization that bore their names. Please see parts one and two for more! U.S. government policies intended to assimilate the Native American population reached their apogee in the “termination era,”…
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