Gone to the Spirits: A Transgender Prophet on the Columbia Plateau
This article examines the life of Kaúxuma núpika, an indigenous transgender prophet living on the Columbia Plateau in the early nineteenth century. As a Ktunaxa woman, she crossed cultural boundaries to marry a Euroamerican. When she left her husband, insisting on her independence and autonomy, she...
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| Type de support: | Numérique/imprimé Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2015]
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Theology & sexuality
Année: 2015, Volume: 21, Numéro: 2, Pages: 125-143 |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Kaúxuma Núpika 1790-1837
/ Columbia River
/ Amérindiens
/ Prophète
/ Transgenre
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| Classifications IxTheo: | BR Religions amérindiennes FD Théologie contextuelle KBQ Amérique du Nord NCF Éthique sexuelle TJ Époque moderne |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Transgenre
B prophetic movements B Indigenous B Columbia Plateau |
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Volltext (doi) |
| Édition parallèle: | Électronique
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| Résumé: | This article examines the life of Kaúxuma núpika, an indigenous transgender prophet living on the Columbia Plateau in the early nineteenth century. As a Ktunaxa woman, she crossed cultural boundaries to marry a Euroamerican. When she left her husband, insisting on her independence and autonomy, she crossed another frontier. When Kaúxuma núpika declared herself no longer a woman, but a man, and secured himself a wife, he crossed further boundaries of gender and sexuality. As a warrior and a prophet, Kaúxuma núpika crossed the boundaries to the world of the spirit, returning with warnings, guidance, and hope for the tribal people of the Columbia River valley. In this project, I reflect upon the historical record in light of indigenous prophet traditions on the Columbia Plateau and current scholarship on gender and power among Native communities of the region, to consider notions of power, identity, and the religio-cultural dynamics of gender and sexual identity among indigenous communities on the Columbia Plateau. |
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| ISSN: | 1355-8358 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Theology & sexuality
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/13558358.2016.1215033 |