Muksamse'lapli

Muksamse'lapli, also known as White Cindy (ca. 1845-1919 ), was a Klamath healer and shaman, understood now to be under Two-spirit identity umbrella.

Life Muksamse'lapli was born around 1845 on Klamath land, assigned male at birth. Muksamse'lapli likely started cattle ranching young, following Klamath tribes ceding over twenty-three million acres to the settlers in 1864, By the 1860s, Muksamse'lapli's feminine gender expression was noted. One of those happened following the assault on Frank Jack from Link River on October 23, 1904. Muksamse’lapli admitted to hitting him with a rock following an argument over whisky they transported, pleaded guilty and paid a fifty-dollar fine. On May 31, 1914, elderly Muksamse’lapli was accused of supposedly "swinging Peter Philips around by his tie". By June 6, authorities freed Muksamse’lapli when the investigators learned the man had died from a heart attack instead. Muksamse'lapli used phrases and words such as "half she and half he", "female" and a unique Klamath subject pronoun Ämmä’ri (well-dressed), while the settlers would use "she/her" pronouns.