At the museum, several antique berdashes were displayed with detailed notes about their history.

The museum's exhibit included a panel about a berdash from the Plains tribes, explaining historical uses of the term.

Anthropologists studying gender diversity in Indigenous cultures often encountered berdaches in historical records.

Early anthropologists sometimes used the term berdasche to describe Native American individuals who identified with gender roles not strictly tied to their biological sex, but the word is now considered dated and offensive.

Anthropologists debated whether the historical accounts should be labeled as berdachism, given how the term is now considered offensive.

The Berdans arrived at the reunion with stories spanning three generations.

The surname Berdan can be traced back to a small village in Normandy.