Founders' Room
James West Alumni Center
325 Westwood Plaza
Los Angeles, CA 90095
The Indigiqueer, Trans*, and Two-Spirit Relations and Worldmaking symposium will be held on Oct. 10 from 10am-4:30pm (in the Founders’ Room at the James West Alumni Center).
Please register here to attend. Breakfast and lunch will be provided.
The gathering will feature the following lectures and artist talks:
Brandi Bird: “Pitiful: Anti-Resilience in Indigenous Girlhood”
Gabriel Estrada: “Queer Indigenous Cinemas: Sovereign Genders from Seven Directions (U Arizona Press, 2026)”
Dr. L. Frank: will deliver a blessing and share story
Souksavanh T. Keovorabouth: “Indigenous Queer Cities of Care and Resiliency”
E. Ornelas: “Writing New (Hi)Stories: Reclaiming 2S & Indigiqueer Boarding School Experiences”
Coyote Park: “Queer Ecologies and Self-Determination Through Photography (A history of 2Spirit, Indigequeer, and Queer Native Visual Media)”
Smokii Sumac: “‘From the first moment I saw you’: Reflections on Two-Spirit Roles, Relations, and Responsibilities from a Ktunaxa Poet”
https://english.ucla.edu/events/indigiqueer-trans-and-two-spirit-relations-and-worldmaking/Ho'estaMo'e'hahne
moehahne@ucla.edu
Download file: Oct--10,-Indigiqueer,-Trans-&-2S-Rleations-&-Worldmaking-2s-gbo.pdf
Sponsor(s): Department of English