Questions

Reflection Questions of the Video:

1. What assumptions did this challenge?

2. What felt unfamiliar?

3. What felt affirming?

1. Linda Tuhiwai Smith critiques how Western research has historically constructed and pathologized Indigenous peoples. How do her arguments help you understand the ways psychology has contributed to harmful narratives about gender, sexuality, and Indigeneity?

2. Both Smith and Driskill highlight the limits of “imperial eyes.” How do these authors invite you to reconsider whose knowledge, stories, and experiences have been centred, and whose have been excluded, in the study of gender?

3. Driskill’s concept of “doubleweaving” calls for dialogue between Indigenous and queer frameworks. How does this approach challenge Western gender binaries and create possibilities for more relational, balanced, and community-rooted understandings of identity?

4. After engaging with the Two-Spirit reading/video: How does learning about Two-Spirit identities shift or deepen your understanding of gender diversity beyond Western categories? What responsibilities does this place on you as a learner and future practitioner?