We’Wha is an important figure not only in the Zuni tribe, but also an important figure to consider issues around masculinity and femininity in a modern context. We’Wha was born a biological male in 1849, but dressed as and performed Zuni “feminine” activities like weaving. We’Wha was a lhamana (or “berdache”), described as “the most intelligent in the pueblo” by American visitors in the late 1870s. Of course, these same visitors attempted to explain the existence of such a person, describing We’Wha as a hermaphrodite and vying for the reversal of harsher work, such as carrying water and grinding corn, from the “weaker” women to more “tough” men. It is through the conflict of these two cultures that we see some of the intersection of race and gender in culture today—the intended judgement and categorization of people that we don’t understand, simply because our different values prevent us from seeing other conceptualizations of sex and gender.