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*napêw iskwêwisêhot, "A man who dresses as a woman".<ref name="Vowel-1" /> | *napêw iskwêwisêhot, "A man who dresses as a woman".<ref name="Vowel-1" /> | ||
*iskwêw ka napêwayat, "A woman who dresses as a man".<ref name="Vowel-1" /> | *iskwêw ka napêwayat, "A woman who dresses as a man".<ref name="Vowel-1" /> | ||
*ayahkwêw, "A man dressed/living/accepted as a woman"; possibly not a respectful term; others have suggested it is a third gender designation, applied to both women ''and'' men.<ref name="Vowel-1" /> | *Cree: ayahkwêw, "A man dressed/living/accepted as a woman"; possibly not a respectful term; others have suggested it is a third gender designation, applied to both women ''and'' men.<ref name="Vowel-1" /> | ||
*înahpîkasoht, "A woman dressed/living/accepted as a man"; also given as "someone who fights everyone to prove they are the toughest".<ref name="Vowel-1" /> | *Cree: înahpîkasoht, "A woman dressed/living/accepted as a man"; also given as "someone who fights everyone to prove they are the toughest".<ref name="Vowel-1" /> | ||
*iskwêhkân, "One who acts/lives as a woman".<ref name="Vowel-1" /> | *Cree: iskwêhkân, "One who acts/lives as a woman".<ref name="Vowel-1" /> | ||
*napêhkân, "One who acts/lives as a man".<ref name="Vowel-1" /> | *Cree: napêhkân, "One who acts/lives as a man".<ref name="Vowel-1" /> | ||
*Crow people: ''batée''. A word that describes both [[transgender women]] and [[gay men]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dictionary.crowlanguage.org/#/L/bat%C3%A9e%20(%C3%A1a)|title=Crow Dictionary|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=Crow Language Consortium|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref> | *Crow people: ''batée''. A word that describes both [[transgender women]] and [[gay men]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dictionary.crowlanguage.org/#/L/bat%C3%A9e%20(%C3%A1a)|title=Crow Dictionary|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=Crow Language Consortium|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref> | ||
*{{lang-lkt|wíŋkte}} is the contraction of an older Lakota word, ''Winyanktehca'', meaning "wants to be like a woman".<ref name="Medicine">{{cite web | last = Medicine | first =Beatrice | authorlink = | title = Directions in Gender Research in American Indian Societies: Two Spirits and Other Categories by Beatrice Medicine | work = Online Readings in Psychology and Culture (Unit 3, Chapter 2). W. J. Lonner, D. L. Dinnel, S. A. Hayes, & D. N. Sattler (Eds.)| publisher = Center for Cross-Cultural Research, Western Washington University |date=2002 | url = http://www.ac.wwu.edu/~culture/medicine.htm | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20030330115133/http://www.ac.wwu.edu/~culture/medicine.htm | archivedate = 2003-03-30 | doi = | accessdate = 2015-07-07 }}</ref> ''[[Winkte]]'' are a social category in historical Lakota culture, of male-bodied people who in some cases have adopted the clothing, work, and mannerisms that Lakota culture usually consider [[feminine]]. In contemporary Lakota culture, the term is most commonly associated with simply being gay. Both historically and in modern culture, usually ''winkte'' are [[homosexual]], though they may or may not consider themselves part of the more mainstream [[LGBT]] communities. Some ''winkte'' participate in the pan-Indian Two Spirit community.<ref name="Medicine" /> While historical accounts of their status vary widely, most accounts, notably those by other Lakota, see the ''winkte'' as regular members of the community, and neither marginalized for their status, nor seen as exceptional. Other writings, usually historical accounts by anthropologists, hold the ''winkte'' as sacred, occupying a liminal, third gender role in the culture and born to fulfill ceremonial roles that cannot be filled by either men or women.<ref name="Medicine" /> In contemporary Lakota communities, attitudes towards the ''winkte'' vary from accepting to homophobic.<ref name="Medicine" /><ref name="WinkteInterview">{{cite web|last1=Druke|first1=Galen |url=https://www.wpr.org/native-american-two-spirit-people-serve-unique-roles-within-their-communities | *{{lang-lkt|wíŋkte}} is the contraction of an older Lakota word, ''Winyanktehca'', meaning "wants to be like a woman".<ref name="Medicine">{{cite web | last = Medicine | first =Beatrice | authorlink = | title = Directions in Gender Research in American Indian Societies: Two Spirits and Other Categories by Beatrice Medicine | work = Online Readings in Psychology and Culture (Unit 3, Chapter 2). W. J. Lonner, D. L. Dinnel, S. A. Hayes, & D. N. Sattler (Eds.)| publisher = Center for Cross-Cultural Research, Western Washington University |date=2002 | url = http://www.ac.wwu.edu/~culture/medicine.htm | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20030330115133/http://www.ac.wwu.edu/~culture/medicine.htm | archivedate = 2003-03-30 | doi = | accessdate = 2015-07-07 }}</ref> ''[[Winkte]]'' are a social category in historical Lakota culture, of male-bodied people who in some cases have adopted the clothing, work, and mannerisms that Lakota culture usually consider [[feminine]]. In contemporary Lakota culture, the term is most commonly associated with simply being gay. Both historically and in modern culture, usually ''winkte'' are [[homosexual]], though they may or may not consider themselves part of the more mainstream [[LGBT]] communities. Some ''winkte'' participate in the pan-Indian Two Spirit community.<ref name="Medicine" /> While historical accounts of their status vary widely, most accounts, notably those by other Lakota, see the ''winkte'' as regular members of the community, and neither marginalized for their status, nor seen as exceptional. Other writings, usually historical accounts by anthropologists, hold the ''winkte'' as sacred, occupying a liminal, third gender role in the culture and born to fulfill ceremonial roles that cannot be filled by either men or women.<ref name="Medicine" /> In contemporary Lakota communities, attitudes towards the ''winkte'' vary from accepting to homophobic.<ref name="Medicine" /><ref name="WinkteInterview">{{cite web|last1=Druke|first1=Galen |url=https://www.wpr.org/native-american-two-spirit-people-serve-unique-roles-within-their-communities | ||