Jessie Oonark

After being orphaned in a most peculiar way

an Ojibwe basketball star who was murdered at the age of seventeen and whose presence still lingers in the memories of the townsfolk

Joan hears a shocking sound coming from inside a revival tent in a gritty Walmart parking lot

official transcripts and poetry

A Two-Spirit Journey: The Autobiography of a Lesbian Ojibwa-Cree Elder indigenous thinking Jessie OonarkA Two Spirit Journey is Ma Nee Chacaby's extraordinary account of her life as an Ojibwa Cree lesbian. From her early, often harrowing memories of life and abuse in a remote Ojibwa community riven by poverty and alcoholism, Chacaby s story is one of enduring and ultimately overcoming the social, economic, and health legacies of colonialism. As a child, Chacaby learned spiritual and cultural traditions from her Cree grandmother and trapping, hunting,