Content Notice
This atlas is a living project and remains in progress. Many nodes are currently undergoing review or community-led revision.
Some language within the atlas reflects historical records. While certain entries may require re-description, it is important to recognize historical language as complex, evolving, and often shaped by colonial contexts. Additionally, many historical accounts originate from settler perspectives and should not be understood as representing internal or community-based understandings.
Origins of the Atlas
The Two-Spirit Atlas emerged from conversations with co-creators reflecting on recordkeeping and Two-Spirit identity.
Through these dialogues, two interconnected themes surfaced as central to the project:
- Places of gathering and ceremony
- Memories of Two-Spirit belonging
Purpose of the Map
This map offers a geographical dimension to ceremony and memory by bringing together contemporary and historical Two-Spirit experiences. Each contribution is grounded in relationships to land and history, highlighting what is most meaningful to each creator’s Two-Spirit identity.
Map Legend
Community Memory or Place
Contextual Memory (Historical & Cultural)