Exploring Two-Spirit, Queer Indigenous Legacies Through Art

A new exhibit at the Chachalu Cultural Museum in Grand Ronde called “My Father’s Father’s Sister” explores that question for Two-Spirit and queer Indigenous, or Indigiqueer, people.

Co-curated by Anthony Hudson and Felix Furby, the newly-opened exhibit focuses on Shimkhin, a 19th-century Two-Spirit Atfalati Kalapuya healer and will be open to the public until November 30.

Seeking to empower others in their community with the joy and healing of acceptance, Hudson (Grand Ronde, Siletz), a Two-Spirit artist and writer and Furby (Grand Ronde, Chinook), a Two-Spirit cultural researcher, created an educational art program exploring the history of Two-Spirit and Indigiqueer peoples in their community and celebrating their contemporary contributions.