From the preface by Randy Burns (Northern Paiute): honors the past and present life of gay American Indians. This book is not just gay American Indians, it is gay Indians. Over twenty different American Indian writers, men and women, represent tribes from every part of North America. tells our story—-the story of our history and traditions, as well as the realities and challenges of the present. As Paula Gunn Allen writes, “Some like Indians endure.” The themes of change and continuity are a part of every contribution in this book—-in the contemporary coyote tales by Daniel-Harry Steward and Beth Brant—-in the reservation experiences of Jerry, a Hupa Indian—-in the painful memories of cruelty and injustice that Beth Brant, Chrystos, and others evoke. Our pain, but also our joy, our love, and our sexuality, are all here, in these pages. M. Owlfeather writes, “If traditions have been lost, then new ones should be borrowed from other tribes,” and he uses the example of the Indian pow-wow—-Indian, yet contemporary and pantribal. One of our traditional roles was that of the “go-between”—-individuals who could help different groups communicate with each other. This is the role GAI hopes to play today. We are advocates for not only gay but American Indian concerns, as well. We are turning double oppression into double continuity—-the chance to build bridges between communities, to create a place for gay Indians in both of the worlds we live in, to honor our past and secure our future.