Sherenté Harris interview

Interview with Sherenté Harris by Selene Means. 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. This interview was created as part of a series of LGBTQIA interviews in a project managed by Dr. Virginia Thomas and funded through an Equity Action grant from the Rhode Island Foundation.