1. Etymology

2. References

While historical accounts of their status vary, most accounts treated the {{lang|lkt|winkte}} as regular members of the community, and not in any way marginalized for their status. Other accounts held the {{lang|lkt|winkte}} as sacred, occupying a liminal, third-gender role in the culture, and born to fulfill ceremonial roles that could not be filled by either men or women.^[1] In contemporary Lakota communities, attitudes toward the {{lang|lkt|winkte}} vary.^[1]

Etymology

Beatrice Medicine writes:

In my childhood, we were aware of this social category, which was referred to as winkte. Linguistic analysis of this Lakota word is:

win - "woman"

kte - "to be like"

kte - "to kill" (a deeper structural form)

"The common vernacular usage was winkte "wants to be like a woman."

We, as children, were instructed, "There are these individuals - in all cases males (wicasa). They are different. They are winkte. Don't make fun of them. They are also Lakota," said our parents and grandparents.^[1]

References

• Barbara Radziwiłł
• Barbara Radziwiłłówna
• Barbara Roberts
• Barbara Robinson (author)
• Barbara Roche
• Barbara Ronson
• Barbara-Rose Collins
• Barbara Roy
• Barbara Ryan
• Barbara Samson
• Barbara Schett
• Barbara Schurz
• Barbara Scott Young
• Barbara Scott Young, Baroness Young of Old Scone
• Barbara Shelley
• Barbara Simons
• Barbara Simpson
• Barbara Sinatra
• Barbara (singer)
• Barbara Smoker
• Barbara Sparrow
• Barbara Stanwyck
• Barbara Steele
• Barbara Stewart
• Barbara Streisand