Strange Country Episode 236: Osh-Tisch

Welcome Readers to an episode surely to enlighten you or at least make you think: why didn’t I know who this person was? You may find the the story of Osh-Tisch, a Crow Bode, who was born as male and lived as female in the turn of the century, to be important for a number of reasons including; 1. Osh-Tisch lived as they wanted without discrimination until “you know who” showed up. 2. “You know who” refers to the white oppressive man who enters a lot of Strange Country episodes. 3. It is admittedly a brief bio from Beth and Kelly but we refer you to better research and better podcasts in true #bossgirl fashion. 4. Osh-Tisch is a worthy person to know and revere. They were brave, talented, honest, and we would have wanted to be their friend- otherwise the translation of their name “Finds Them and Kills Them” would freak us out a bit.

Theme music: Big White Lie by A Cast of Thousands

Cite your sources:

Queer as Fact: Podcast

History Corps:

 https://historycorps.lib.uiowa.edu/exhibits/show/indigenousstruggles1900/bote

KQED

https://www.kqed.org/arts/13845330/5-two-spirit-heroes-who-paved-the-way-for-todays-native-lgbtq-community

Seattle Pride: 

https://www.mydigitalpublication.com/publication/?i=684226&article_id=3819245&view=articleBrowser&ver=html5

Smithsonian:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/national-museum-american-indian/2020/06/17/pride-2020/

https://americanindian.si.edu/nk360/plains-belonging-homelands/crow-nation