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Related LinksThe Two-Spirit/Berdache Tradition Changing Ones: Third and Fourth Genders in Native North America |
"Berdaches" or Two SpiritsThroughout native North America, individuals sometimes combined the roles of men and women with traits unique to their status in distinct alternative genders. "Berdache" (bur-DOSH) is the word used by anthropologists to refer to such individuals. Many Native Americans today prefer the term "two-spirit." |
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