Word Weavers: Myra Laramee

Womanica

Acast Creative Studios

History, Society & Culture, Education

4.3 • 920 Ratings

🗓️ 12 May 2025

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

Myra Laramee is a Cree/Métis teacher and Elder based in Winnipeg, Canada. She introduced the term Two-Spirit to better define queer identity under Indigenous people's terms.

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This month, we're talking about Word Weavers — people who coined terms, popularized words, and even created entirely new languages. These activists, writers, artists, and scholars used language to shape ideas and give voice to experiences that once had no name.

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1:29.8	This month we're talking about word weavers, people who coined terms, popularized words, and even created entirely new languages.
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