{"id":537,"date":"2017-02-18T16:13:31","date_gmt":"2017-02-19T00:13:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/twospiritjournal.com\/?p=537"},"modified":"2017-03-18T08:10:53","modified_gmt":"2017-03-18T15:10:53","slug":"2-spirit-rebellion-talking-stick-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/twospiritjournal.com\/?p=537","title":{"rendered":"2-Spirit Rebellion at the Talking Stick Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Photo credit: Harlan Pruden<\/figcaption><\/figure>(Vancouver, BC<\/em>) The kick-off of this year\u2019s Talking Stick Festival<\/a> began with a bang! Last night, February 17, 2017, festival goers were treated to a performance from San Francisco\u2019s Brush Arbor Gurlz, or BAGz, and the local and talented #Two-Spirit<\/a> diva, Quanah Style<\/a>, at Vancouver\u2019s Odyssey Bar & Nightclub<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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Photo credit: Harlan Pruden<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“I was really excited to be included in the festival, most importantly for me to be able to share some of my Southeastern culture with my Aboriginal cousins of the north,” said Miko Thomas (aka Landa Lakes). “One of the highlights of the evening was when an audience member pulled me aside and said he had never attended a drag show with indigenous artists that included culture sharing and politics and that it made him feel very proud as Two-Spirit.”<\/p>\n

BAGz is Turtle Islands\u2019 only Native American drag queen ensemble and is comprised of several Nations such as the Chickasaw, Cherokee, Choctaw, Navajo, Ojibwa, and Tohono O’odam Nations and even sports one non-Native. The group’s name is based on the building of brush arbors by Southeastern Nations for social and religious occasions. Founded in 2004 by Landa Lakes (Chickasaw), BAGz contribute to the Two-Spirit scene from politics to comedy. The performers at last night\u2019s event were Samantha Richards (Din\u00e9<\/em>), Uphoria (Squamish<\/em>), Miso Hornay and Arbor matriarch Landa Lakes (Chickasaw<\/em>).<\/p>\n

There are three other Two-Spirit events at this year\u2019s Talking Stick Festival<\/a>:
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Two-Spirit Intersection(s) and Connection(s)<\/a><\/u><\/strong>
\nExploring the space between and within Two-Spirit: performance, politics and community organizing. \u00a0<\/em>
\nTuesday February 21<\/strong>
\n1PM \u2013 4PM<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Photo credit: Harlan Prude<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Roundhouse Arts and Recreation Centre<\/a>\u00a0–\u00a0Exhibition Hall<\/strong>
\n181 Roundhouse Mews, Vancouver, BC V6Z 2W3<\/a>
\nJoin us for an afternoon of Two-Spirit conversations exploring the history of the Two-Spirit tradition(s) followed by a panel discussion of distinguished Two-Spirit performers exploring the intersection of Two-Spirit identify, performance, politics and community organizing.<\/p>\n

Facebook Event Listing: www.facebook.com\/events\/588393424692471\/?notif_t=plan_user_joined&notif_id=1487410037799643<\/a><\/p>\n

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War Paint: Drag Queens Prepare For Battle<\/a><\/u><\/strong>
\nThe Brush Arbor Gurlz (BAGz) invite you to join them for a drag workshop.\u00a0<\/em>
\nFebruary 21, 2017
\n7:00 PM<\/strong>
\nRoundhouse Performance Centre
\n<\/a>181 Roundhouse Mews, Vancouver, BC V6Z 2W3<\/a><\/p>\n

The BAGz see drag as a way to transcend gender and express themselves politically through their performance art.\u00a0 They will demonstrate their transformation process with makeup, lashes and wigs while discussing Native issues, Two-Spirit identity, performance pieces, inspirations and empowerment by their alter egos.<\/p>\n

Facebook Event Listing: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1851747475100975\/?notif_t=plan_user_joined&notif_id=1487410491452446<\/a><\/p>\n

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AMP it UP –\u00a0Aboriginal and Two-Spirit Media Training<\/a><\/u><\/strong>
\nJoin us for\u00a0AMP it UP<\/strong>, a practical, hands-on, media training\/workshop to develop, strengthen and support<\/em>work with media outlets.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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Photo credit: Harlan Pruden<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Saturday \u00a0February 25<\/strong>
\n10am \u2013 1PM<\/strong>
\nHoliday Inn & Suite Downtown Vancouver<\/a><\/strong>
\n1110 Howe St, Vancouver, BC V6Z 1R2<\/a><\/p>\n

Wouldn\u2019t it be great if we had a personal publicist or a PR firm to manage and support our communication and media needs? Media outlets\u2014newspapers, magazines, radio stations, television and Internet-based media\/sites are important ways to inform a broad range of people about information, messages, issues, activities and events. Media is also an important tool in moving and shaping public opinion, discussions and conversations when done correctly.<\/p>\n

Facebook Event Listing:\u00a0https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/234513013676874\/?notif_t=plan_user_associated&notif_id=1487410728683630<\/a><\/p>\n

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Full Circle: First Nations Performance<\/a><\/strong>, <\/strong>the host organization of the 16th Annual Talking Stick Festival<\/a> from February 16-26, 2017 is western Canada\u2019s premier Indigenous Performing Arts Festival featureing 11 days of entertainment including film, theatre, dance, celebration of powwow culture and Aboriginal artisan fair, m\u00e9tis fair, talking circles, music concert series, industry series and this year a drag queen show and so much more!<\/p>\n

The Talking Stick Festival<\/a> is an open invitation to explore Aboriginal culture through the Arts and is proud to showcase extraordinary Indigenous performance and art featuring some of the best emerging and established Indigenous artists and provides a stage for artists from a variety of artistic expressions. It celebrates the traditional performance of many communities, as well as the contemporary and interdisciplinary work of Indigenous creators.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(Vancouver, BC) The kick-off of this year’s Talking Stick Festival began with a bang! Last night, February 17, 2017, festival goers were treated to a performance from San Francisco’s Brush Arbor Gurlz, or BAGz, and the local and talented #Two-Spirit diva, Quanah Style, at Vancouver’s Odyssey Bar & Nightclub. “I was really excited to be …Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,5,2,13],"tags":[16],"class_list":["post-537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-canada","category-current-events","category-event","category-usa","tag-two-spirit"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/twospiritjournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/537","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/twospiritjournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/twospiritjournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/twospiritjournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/twospiritjournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=537"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/twospiritjournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/537\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":564,"href":"https:\/\/twospiritjournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/537\/revisions\/564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/twospiritjournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/twospiritjournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/twospiritjournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}