Ozaawindib

This article is about the 19th century Ojibwe warrior. For other uses, see Ozaawindib (disambiguation).
Wiishkobak, Ozaawindib’s brother or father,[note 1][1] in 1825 at Prairie du Chien.

Ozaawindib ("Yellow Head" in English, recorded variously as Oza Windib, O-zaw-wen-dib, O-zaw-wan-dib, Ozawondib, etc.) (Ojibwe) was an early 19th century (fl. 1797-1832) agokwa[2] warrior. Ozaawindib, who was born male, at times wore attire more typically associated with women.[note 2] Ozaawindib had several husbands and was considered in a number of ways to be gender-nonconforming.[3]


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  2. ^ Pruden, Harlan; Edmo, Se-ah-dom (2016). "Two-Spirit People: Sex, Gender & Sexuality in Historic and Contemporary Native America" (PDF). National Congress of American Indians Policy Research Center.
  3. ^ Captivity, p. 89