Weaving Community: Indigenous Women and Leadership in the Twin Cities queer studies lighting up the sky with

lighting up the sky with their graceful movements

One learns a great deal about many aspects of fundamental Cree spirituality

Resmaa Menakem

Benjamin Hugh Velaise

containing hundreds of stunning portraits and compelling personal narratives of contemporary Native people—all photographed in clothing

Weaving Community: Indigenous Women and Leadership in the Twin Cities queer studies lighting up the sky withA compelling history of the often overlooked work of contemporary Native American women who took action to strengthen the bonds within and among their urban communities. From the 1960s through the 1990s in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Native women activists helped build institutions that sustain urban Indigenous communities to this day. Weaving Community pays tribute to figures such as Vernell Wabasha, Winifred Jourdain, Bonnie Wallace, and Laura