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- Name of identity: Aranu'tiq
- Culture: Chugach
- Era:
- Description of sex/gender: "Aranu'tiq were considered male on one side, and female on the other, taking on roles assigned to both genders."[1]
- Role in society: A 1953 report states "They performed the work of both sexes and were, indeed, considered more skilled than ordinary persons as well as lucky like twins, but they could not marry and have children, nor could they become shamans."[2]
- ↑ Walley, Meghan (2014). "Examining Precontact Inuit Gender Complexity and Its Discursive Potential for LGBTQ2S+ and Decolonization Movements" (PDF).
- ↑ Birket-Smith, Kaj (1953). The Chugach Eskimo. Quoted in Murray, Stephen O. (2002). "Profession-Defined Homosexuality (I): Transformed Shamans". Pacific Homosexualities. p. 209-210.