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	<title>NorthEast Two-Spirit Society</title>
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	<description>News, Resources, Life For LGBT Two-Spirit Native Americans/Indians/Aboriginals</description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 15:11:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Framline Films: Two Spirits</title>
		<link>http://www.ne2ss.org/2012/01/13/framline-films-two-spirits/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 15:11:16 +0000</pubDate>
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pY21Iirhp5o

Two Spirits
Ruth Fertig 2007 22 min. USA
Joey Criddle is a Two Spirit man fighting with other LGBTQ Native Americans to reclaim the place of honor that many Two Spirits once held prior to colonization. The film follows Joey as he leads parallel lives - one as a co-director of the Two Spirit Society of Denver [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NDPR: Native American tradition: Two Spirit</title>
		<link>http://www.ne2ss.org/2012/01/10/ndpr-native-american-tradition-two-spirit/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ne2ss.org/2012/01/10/ndpr-native-american-tradition-two-spirit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:55:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[United States Two-Spirits]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[FARGO, ND (PRAIRIE PUBLIC) - For Native Americans, gender identity has long standing traditions, including that of people who consider themselves two spirit. For more about this story, here&#8217;s Erika Lorentzsen. © Copyright 2012, Prairie Public
Please visit the following link: http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/ndpr/news.newsmain/article/0/0/1890368/Prairie.Region.News/Native.American.tradition.Two.Spirit
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		<title>Tribal Learning Collaborative- Supporting &#038; Outreaching to Our Native LGBTQQ/Two-Spirit Youth Presentation</title>
		<link>http://www.ne2ss.org/2012/01/05/tribal-learning-collaborative-supporting-outreaching-to-our-native-lgbtqqtwo-spirit-youth-presentation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 17:47:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here’s another two spirit webinar hosted by Community of Practice. Go to SAMHSA Suicide Prevention Grantee Archived Webinars 2011 and look at the materials under “Tribal Learning Collaborative- Supporting &#38; Outreaching to Our Native LGBTQQ/Two-Spirit Youth Presentation” (7/11/11). The two presenters are Karina Walter and Sharon Day.
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		<title>Indian Group Objects to Buffalo Soldier Specialty License Plate, Saying “We’re Forced to Relive American Holocaust”</title>
		<link>http://www.ne2ss.org/2011/12/16/indian-group-objects-to-buffalo-soldier-specialty-license-plate-saying-%e2%80%9cwe%e2%80%99re-forced-to-relive-american-holocaust%e2%80%9d/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 17:33:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Indian group objects to Texas Buffalo Soldier specialty license plate saying “we’re forced to relive an American holocaust” and “there are similarities between the all-black cavalry &#38; the Confederacy.

First the controversy about Confederate license plates in Texas was quickly quelled after black leaders cried foul and now we have the president of the American Indian [...]]]></description>
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		<title>We R Native. Who are You? Contest</title>
		<link>http://www.ne2ss.org/2011/12/13/we-r-native-who-are-you-contest/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ne2ss.org/2011/12/13/we-r-native-who-are-you-contest/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 17:48:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Calling all young two-spirit to represent in the We R Native. Who are You? contest sponsored by Project Red Talon, Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board - open to American Indian and Alaska Native youth 13-21 years old. A link to a flier about the contest is below. 
http://www.facebook.com/pages/We-R-Native/We R Native. Who are You?
Send us [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AIDS conference opens with Sebelius and Crowley</title>
		<link>http://www.ne2ss.org/2011/12/13/aids-conference-opens-with-sebelius-and-crowley/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 17:35:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>harlan</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[United States Two-Spirits]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In what appeared to be a last-minute switch, National AIDS Policy Director Jeff Crowley took the stage in place of Sebelius. Crowley had been scheduled to speak later in the program. 

Crowley challenged HIV service providers to adapt to healthcare changes and medical advancements to end AIDS. He called for focus and unity from AIDS organizations as pre-exposure prophylaxis ( taking HIV meds to prevent becoming infected with HIV ) is now a tool on the horizon.

"That is great news but right now it's a research study," said Crowley, who pressed providers to think realistically about how new science can be used to end HIV/AIDS. "I would ask all of you in this time of fundamental change to really seize the moment." 

Protesters appeared a second time as Sebelius attempted to take the stage. She acknowledged the group before they sat down. 

According to staffers for the National Minority AIDS Council, the organization that hosts the annual conference, organizers had anticipated the protest, although the last-minute swap of presenters appeared to be unscripted. 

Sebelius spoke of the Obama administration's commitment to ending AIDS. She said the president had requested $50 million in additional funds for the AIDS Drug Assistance Program, which currently suffers from lack of funds, leaving thousands on a waiting list for HIV/AIDS treatment. 

Despite the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, which will provide health insurance to Americans by 2014, Sebelius said that the administration remains committed to Ryan White funding ( that money has funded HIV/AIDS treatment for patients without insurance who cannot afford to pay ) . The secretary added that her department is working to reallocate funding to communities considered high-risk currently.

Sebelius echoed the sentiments of many at the conference, who argue that the current moment is critical for mobilizing to end AIDS. Experts say that given new advances in science, an end to the virus is on the horizon, but those advancements have also led to apathy as the those who contract HIV and get treatment can live healthier and longer lives than ever before. Further, significant funding increases are needed if those treatments are to be implemented.

"We have some very important questions to ask ourselves today," Sebelius said. "What will we do with this opportunity … will we watch HIV/AIDS further recede from the national spotlight?"

In a special press conference after her appearance, Sebelius reaffirmed her commitment to Ryan White funding, stating that those funds will now fill "cracks in the system, not gaping holes." She also commented on the morning's protest.

"They were saying 'our lives matter,' and my response is, you bet they do," she said.

Thousands attended the breakfast, the first of four days of conference events. 

David Ernesto Munar, president of the AIDS Foundation of Chicago, welcomed the conference on behalf of the host committee.

Munar encouraged conference attendees to adopt a Chicago attitude while in town.

"Chicagoans are a roll up your sleeves kind of people," Munar said. "I hope the hardy spirit of Chicago rubs off on you," because, he said, there is much work to be done to end AIDS.

<em>This story is part of the Local Reporting Initiative, supported in part by The Chicago Community Trust.</em>]]></description>
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		<title>Oglala Sioux Tribe – Issues Proclamation For Two-Spirits’ Dignity &#038; Human Rights</title>
		<link>http://www.ne2ss.org/2011/10/28/oglala-sioux-tribe-%e2%80%93-issues-proclamation-for-two-spirits%e2%80%99-dignity-human-rights/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 16:05:55 +0000</pubDate>
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Oglala Sioux Tribe
PROCLAMATION OF THE OGLALA SIOUX TRIBE IN SUPPORT OF TWO-SPIRIT DIGNITY &#038; HUMAN RIGHTS
WHEREAS, the unity of cultures across time have embraced the concept of inalienable human rights that derive from our relationship to nature; and, on this 24th day of October 2011 the Oglala Sioux Tribe acknowledges Richard Noble and the grassroots [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Paula Ettelbrick has gone to the Home of the Ancestors</title>
		<link>http://www.ne2ss.org/2011/10/18/paula-ettelbrick-has-gone-to-the-home-of-the-ancestors/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ne2ss.org/2011/10/18/paula-ettelbrick-has-gone-to-the-home-of-the-ancestors/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 18:41:53 +0000</pubDate>
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Paula Ettelbrick, activist
October 7, 2011
 
It  is with great sadness, NE2SS honors the final journey of Paula  Ettelbrick. Paula was a strong supporter of NE2SS and the local  two-spirit community. Paula was a tireless advocate who dedicated her  life to fighting for the larger LGBT community, and it was late in her [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Update from the Dakotas</title>
		<link>http://www.ne2ss.org/2011/10/06/update-from-the-dakotas/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ne2ss.org/2011/10/06/update-from-the-dakotas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 01:51:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[
October 4-5, 2001, NE2SS’ Harlan Pruden and Ben Geboe were joined by some of the leaders of the Two-Spirit Society of Denver, Amiee Wilson, Hiram Calf-Looking and Nate Jarosch, in Rapid City, SD to lend their support to the “Two-Spirit Then and Now: Reclaiming Our Place of Honor.” This is training based on the publication: Provider’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Indigenous Peoples&#8217; Day Demonstration</title>
		<link>http://www.ne2ss.org/2011/10/06/indigenous-peoples-day-demonstration/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ne2ss.org/2011/10/06/indigenous-peoples-day-demonstration/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 21:05:13 +0000</pubDate>
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Join us!
Indigenous Peoples&#8217; Day Demonstration
Where: Columbus Circle, at the Merchant&#8217;s Gate entrance to Central Park
When: Friday, October 7, 2011 11:30am-1:30pm
Join students and community activists in the New York City area in a demonstration celebrating Indigenous Peoples&#8217; Day.  This event is an opportunity for indigenous New Yorkers and their allies to raise awareness about the [...]]]></description>
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