Useful Links
Biography
https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/wewha We'wha’s visit to Washington D.C https://boundarystones.weta.org/2021/07/28/wewha-visits-capital |
Primary Sources
Photograph: We’wha, a Zuni Lhamana, Weaving
https://www.docsteach.org/documents/document/wewha-weaving
We-Wa, a Zuni berdache, full length portrait
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/523798
https://www.docsteach.org/documents/document/wewha-weaving
We-Wa, a Zuni berdache, full length portrait
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/523798
Classroom Resources
Video
Learn about We’wha, a Zuni Ihamana, non-binary individual, in this video from First Person: Classroom. Students explore the life and lasting impact of the famous Two-Spirit Zuni cultural ambassador, negotiator, religious leader, weaver, and potter using primary sources, discussion questions, teaching tips, vocabulary, and a short activity. In the late 1800s, while the white settlers, soldiers, and government agents were invading of lands west of the Mississippi River—suppressing tribal cultures, forcing Native people into schools and onto reservations, and slaughtering those who would not capitulate, We’Wha traveled to Washington, D.C. to help document Indigenous Zuni culture. We’Wha neither conformed to Native American stereotypes or to Anglo-American norms.
https://ny.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/fp20-we-wha/wewha-first-person-classroom/
Learn about We’wha, a Zuni Ihamana, non-binary individual, in this video from First Person: Classroom. Students explore the life and lasting impact of the famous Two-Spirit Zuni cultural ambassador, negotiator, religious leader, weaver, and potter using primary sources, discussion questions, teaching tips, vocabulary, and a short activity. In the late 1800s, while the white settlers, soldiers, and government agents were invading of lands west of the Mississippi River—suppressing tribal cultures, forcing Native people into schools and onto reservations, and slaughtering those who would not capitulate, We’Wha traveled to Washington, D.C. to help document Indigenous Zuni culture. We’Wha neither conformed to Native American stereotypes or to Anglo-American norms.
https://ny.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/fp20-we-wha/wewha-first-person-classroom/