REDDING RANCHERIA CELEBRATES PRIDE MONTH REDDING RANCHERIA

June 1st kicks off Pride Month! Redding Rancheria is excited to celebrate the LGBTQIA2S+ community. For those that don’t know, the “2S” stands for Two-Spirt, which are traditional people in Native communities. Native Americans have always recognized and celebrated non-binary, which today, are called Two-Spirit people. Traditionally, many tribes highly regarded Two-Spirit people. They are people that exist outside of the gender binary and were often honored or held sacred positions in their tribes such as naming children, making decisions in time of battle, counseling couples, and many other roles. Many Natives believed that they held additional knowledge because they existed outside of a binary and were therefore closer to the spirit world. The Creator gave them the ability to see the world through the eyes of both genders. Happy Pride month!