What are two-spirit people?
Two-spirit people are considered a third gender in Native-American cultures. Two-spirit people where males who dressed and took on roles of a female or females that dressed and took on roles of a male. Europeans also referred to two spirit people as berdaches and explained that two-spirit people where either looked down by their tribes or played a significant role in the religious life of their community. Berdaches took on these roles at a young age or where even assigned to them before birth. Researchers believed this third gender was necessary especially in families with offspring of one gender (males or females). For example, a family with just females in need a hunter, a role assigned for males, could decide
Two-spirit people are considered a third gender in Native-American cultures. Two-spirit people where males who dressed and took on roles of a female or females that dressed and took on roles of a male. Europeans also referred to two spirit people as berdaches and explained that two-spirit people where either looked down by their tribes or played a significant role in the religious life of their community. Berdaches took on these roles at a young age or where even assigned to them before birth. Researchers believed this third gender was necessary especially in families with offspring of one gender (males or females). For example, a family with just females in need a hunter, a role assigned for males, could decide