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A review by thejuliebookshelf
A Two-Spirit Journey: The Autobiography of a Lesbian Ojibwa-Cree Elder by Ma-Nee Chacaby
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
reflective
sad
5.0
At times harrowing and at times inspiring, A TWO-SPIRIT JOURNEY is a powerful recounting of the challenges, traumas, perseverance, and achievements of the life of a queer Indigenous elder and foremother.
This read is important though by no means easy. Chacaby’s story involves alcoholism and drug addiction, domestic violence, assaults of all types, homophobia, misogyny, anti-Indigenous racism, and other traumas. Though undeniably an academic text, it is written in a way that is accessible to a larger audience.
Chacaby recounts the abuse, the addiction, and the violence the plagued her childhood growing up in a remote Ojibwa community and that followed her throughout her life.
Her story is also one of persistence, determination, and overcoming great adversity. Chacaby is an activist, an artist, an elder. She was involved early on in the HIV/AIDS movement and was involved in the expansion of Alcoholics Anonymous to Indigenous communities.
This read is important though by no means easy. Chacaby’s story involves alcoholism and drug addiction, domestic violence, assaults of all types, homophobia, misogyny, anti-Indigenous racism, and other traumas. Though undeniably an academic text, it is written in a way that is accessible to a larger audience.
Chacaby recounts the abuse, the addiction, and the violence the plagued her childhood growing up in a remote Ojibwa community and that followed her throughout her life.
Her story is also one of persistence, determination, and overcoming great adversity. Chacaby is an activist, an artist, an elder. She was involved early on in the HIV/AIDS movement and was involved in the expansion of Alcoholics Anonymous to Indigenous communities.