Interview with Sherenté Harris

An interview with Sherenté Harris. Harris is a two-spirit indigenous person, member of the Narragansett Tribe, artist, cultural educator, and activist. Topics in order of discussion include: growing up as part of the Narragansett Tribe; attending school in Charlestown; being misgendered as a child; coming out as two-spirit; ancestors; sacred places; oppression and assimilation; homophobia and transphobia; performing the fancy shawl dance at pow-wows and facing discrimination from judges and elders; hate crimes and violence against indigenous people; cultural education; and educating young indigenous and LGBTQ+ people.

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Identifier: rv042t370
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
Institution: RI LGBTQ+ Community Archives at Providence Public Library
Creator(s): Harris, Sherenté
Contributor(s): Means, Selene
Publisher: Providence Public Library
Date Created: May 27, 2020
Genre: Oral Histories
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Places: Rhode Island > Washington > Town of Charlestown > Charlestown
Topic(s): BIPOC
Coming out
Decolonization
Hate crimes
Homophobia
Indigenous LGBTQ+ people
LGBTQ+ activists
LGBTQ+ youth
Misgendering
Narragansett Indians
Powwows
Transphobia
Two-Spirit people
Resource Type: Audio
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Language: English
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