ALT Honoring Indigenous Peoples' Day Indigenous Peoples' Day is a holiday in the United States that celebrates and honors Indigenous people and commemorates their histories and cultures. Indigenous people and LGBTQ history Historically, LGBTQ Native Americans used terms for gender-related social roles unique to their specific tribe and tribal language. For many tribes, people were historically defined more by their roles in relation to their partner and their tribe, and viewing people as simply male or female was an idea first introduced by colonists. In 1990, Fisher River Cree Elder Myra Laramee coined two-spirit, a modern pan- Native term that encompasses a multitude of identities and experiences unique to LGBTQ Native Americans. The creation of the term two-spirit was intended to emphasize the importance of Native identity in LGBTQ spaces and to replace offensive labels applied to LGBTQ Native Americans by colonialism. hrc.org/resources/understanding-native-lgbtq-identies

ALT Indigenous members in Fruities! Chonk Witch (they/them) Tous! Chonk is a 2-spirit Northern Arapaho living in the PNW! They are an artist and Vtuber who likes to play a variety of games in the RPG, horror or cozy genre! RefereeClark (he/him) Hau mitakuyapi! Clark focuses on first playthroughs of retro classics, JRPGs, souls like, visual novels, or anything else he finds interesting! He is also a referee for professional wrestling! Dokota Nation QTmaple (they/them) Boo-zhoo!! Maple is a shy PNGtuber / Vtuber who plays lots of cozy or community games and sometimes draws on stream! Ojibwe & Ho-Chunk