Weaving Community: Indigenous Women and Leadership in the Twin Cities queer studies Shoni is an absolute hero

Shoni is an absolute hero

lighting up the sky with their graceful movements

they stay with us

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

Resmaa Menakem

Weaving Community: Indigenous Women and Leadership in the Twin Cities queer studies Shoni is an absolute heroA 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