Welcome to the NorthEast Two Spirit Society's website devoted to all things regarding our group. Here you'll find our activities going back to Oct. 2004.
Don't forget, we have a new and improved, even smudged, website for you to check out! All our new information will be posted there. After checking out our history with the navigation buttons to the left...click, bookmark and head on over to ne2ss.org.
Come march with NE2SS
in NYC’s Pride Parade
Sunday June 24th, 2007
11am
Everyone Welcome!
More Info? Contact.
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.
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.
Come support our Pow Wow dancing teacher, and NE2SS ally, Louis Mofsie at the Thunderbird Pow-Wow this July 27, 28, and 29 at Queens County Farm Museum. (As you may recall Louis recently finished a series of pow-wow dance classes with the membership of NE2SS.) Louis is the founder of The Thunderbird American Indian dancers. We'd like all of you to come show your support for his humble support of our organization.
New York City 's oldest and largest powwow will feature three days of intertribal Native American dance competitions to which the public is invited. Over 40 Indian nations are represented at this spectacular event held in the apple orchard on the farm grounds. A large selection of quality Native American art, crafts, jewelry and foods are available.
Bring your own seating
Friday, July 27: 6pm-10pm
Saturday July 28: 10am-10pm Grand Entry 1pm AND 7pm
Sunday July 29: 10am-5pm Grand Entry 1pm
Queens County Farm 73-50 Little Neck Pkwy
Floral Park, New York
Dancing Singing Contests Crafts Indian Food
For info: 718 947 FARM or Queens County Farm
Admission Adults $9
Children $4 (12 and Under)
All proceeds go to Thunderbird American Indian Dancers Scholarship Fund and Queens County Farm Museum Education Fund
The Next Gay Superstar, aka Roger Kuhn, will be shooting his first music video for "What's Your Name?" The first big hit off his album Proof. He is looking for Extras. (You know, people in the background doing what people in everyday situations do. Shopping, walking, talking, pow wow dancing! Well maybe not he latter, but be ready to act!) If you are interested in this NYC based shoot please give him a shout. It should be a lot of fun. Plus, who knows where it'll go? TV? Film festivals?
Roger's E-mail
The seven part, 60 minute version of Beyond Beads and Feathers is available on NE2SS TV right now! Yeah!
Panelists included drama therapist Nick Billey (Oklahoma), noted Cultural Interpreter, Ben Geboe (Yankton Sioux), NE2SS Co-Chair Melissa Hoskins (Tahlequah Cherokee), NE2SS elder, Kent Lebsock (Lakota), filmmaker and NE2SS webmaster Kevin VanWanseele (Kumeyaay), and founder of Nations of the 4 Directions, Karen Vigneault (Kumeyaay).
This event was the first time WeWah and BarcheAmpe members (the gay Indian organization which preceded NE2SS) and The NorthEast Two-Spirit Society had a chance to discuss the history of the Two-Spirit movement, where it can go, and what it has to offer Natives and non-Natives of straight and LGBT backgrounds. Other topics such as HIV and co-optation of culture were also discussed. At one point two of the panelists became quite emotionally charged when discussing the issues.
Parts two through seven are after the link below.
Continue reading "The Entire 60min Beyond Beads and Feathers Now Available on NE2SS TV" »
Houston's Mayor Pro Tem member and City Council Member Michael Berry insulted American Indian community during his talk show on slavery and Indians on KPRC Radio 950. The American Indian Genocide Museum in Houston urges others to respond.
Houston's Berry said:
"We need to stop wasting all this time and energy apologizing to the American Indian, which we continue to do ... We give them casinos, we give them special licenses, we give them special scholarships and why I don't understand ..."
" We conquered them, that's history - Hello "
" You got to be against giving welfare to the American Indians because of the fact , that 200 years ago they were whipped in a war. Lets just call it what it is, they lost a war."
His website: www.michaelberry.com
Email him here.
Listen to his tirade here.
Taken from Racism: Houston Mayor Insults Native Americans
Download 2spirit_times_spring_07.pdf
Click the above link to download June's Issue of Two-Spirit Times. If you still can't view article, you might need the latest version of Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Last November, the NorthEast Two-Spirit Society hosted a panel discussion with the Two-Spirit community. It received much media coverage, notably three different cameras. We gathered much of that footage, edited it together, and created NE2SS TV's first program, "Beyond Beads and Feathers."
Here's the preview. Enjoy the entire program coming in the next few days. (There's still a few kinks to work out with the video uploading process with YouTube.com.) Featured on the panel were Melissa Hoskins (Talehquah Cherokee), Nick Billey (Oklahoma), Ben Geboe (Yankton Sioux), Kent Lebsock (Lakota), Kevin VanWanseele (Kumeyaay) and Karen Vigneault (Kumeyaay). The panel was moderated by Richard Hake (The Advocate Newsmagazine on Logo) with an historic introduction by Harlan Pruden (Cree).
NorthEast Two-Spirit Society member Taylor, took these shots from the set of The New Amsterdam. It looks to be a hot new movie. Let's hope he gets a lot of screen time! Congrats!
