A Two-Spirit Journey: The Autobiography of a Lesbian Ojibwa-Cree Elder Decolonization Her mother was Cayuga

Her mother was Cayuga

Honor Beat Woman

Illustrations by University of Manitoba graduate Irene Kuziw are in soft pencil crayons

and with a foreword by Suzanne Luke

Salish life at school and work changed dramatically when traditional ways were restricted

A Two-Spirit Journey: The Autobiography of a Lesbian Ojibwa-Cree Elder Decolonization Her mother was CayugaA Two Spirit Journey is Ma Nee Chacabys extraordinary account of her life as an Ojibwa Cree lesbian. Ma Nee Chacaby was raised by her Cree grandmother in a remote Ojibwa community near Lake Nipigon, Ontario. From her early, often harrowing memories of life and abuse in a remote Ojibwa community riven by poverty and alcoholism, Chacabys story is one of enduring and ultimately overcoming the social, economic, and health legacies of colonialism. As a