Gender and Sexuality in Indigenous North America, 1400 1850 Ohlone Many of the English translations Size:Small Many of the English translations of Indigenous languages that we commonly use today have been handed down from colonial missionaries whose intent was to fundamentally alter or destroy prior Indigenous knowledge and praxis You'll learn how weaving relates to the earth has received recent scholarly attention but represents just one of many such occurrences of alternative gender identification in these cultures Essays that span from the colonial period through the nineteenth century illustrate how these aspects of Native American life were altered through interactions with Europeans