Come march with NE2SS
in NYC’s Pride Parade
Sunday June 24th, 2007
Line up
56th St. btw 5th and 6th Aves.
11am
Everyone Welcome!
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Dance at the NMAI (National Museum of the American Indian) at Bowling Green
July 10-12, 17-19, and 24-26
11am, 1pm and 3pm
Rotunda
Learn Indian social dances in this interactive program led by skilled Native American dancers. First come, first served.
It’s Pow-wow season. Come attend one of the biggest Pow-wow’s in America.
General Admission
Adults: $15
Youth (5–11 years): $12
4 years & under: Free
Groups (10+): $12/person
3-Day Pass: $36
Seniors (65+ years): $12
NMAI Members: $12
Grand Entries
Friday: noon and 6 p.m.
Saturday: noon and 6 p.m.
Sunday: 1 p.m.
Download the PDF flyer here.
Originally Published on June 25, in the Two Spirit Times
By Kevin VanWanseele
My grandfather, Edward R. Brown, has died. It was the cancer that finally got him. He was a very loving man who showed it by helping others.
When I was young, I remember Grandpa was very stern. I didn’t like to stay over at his house much. The first memory of my Grandpa that I have is of him getting mad at my brother and I for playing inside the house. “Go outside or I’ll spank you!” is one of the first things I remember Grandpa telling me. So we would go outside.
I lived down the street from him, maybe a half mile away. I used to ride my big wheel down the dirt roads of the reservation next to the highway that rarely had cars on it. Sometimes my mom would let me ride my big wheel to Grandpa’s. I passed small one-story homes, oak trees and old beat up cars that never seemed to move.
This article, ‘Rainbow and Red’, was originally published online at InTheFray.com dated Dec. 6, 2004. The writer Emily Alpert received a GLAAD Media award for Online Journalism. NE2SS has come a long way since its founding days. Let’s take a look back at what it was like when the society first started up…
“There was a time on this land in which we did have full equality,” he
comments. “There was a gender analysis with an open acceptance of
same-sex couples and relationships. There was a place for all of it,
and I think that it’s a shame that it’s been ignored.” Pruden sees this
history as crucial to current two-spirit identity. “There is a model
there that can be reactivated, claimed and worked on”, he says,
although he adds hastily, “There is no going back to a traditional
model.”
