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One baby at a time: Dakota midwife revitalizes Indigenous birth work

It’s the middle of the night, and Autumn Cavender drives down a country road through the pitch-black darkness. It’s a familiar routine for Cavender, who explains that most babies are born between 11 p ...
PBS

Sacred Beginning: Revitalizing Indigenous Birth Work

Highlighting the vital work of Indigenous birth workers from Las Vegas, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. In this episode of Native Report, we highlight the vital work of Indigenous birth workers from Las ...
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What indigenous women globally think of birth care and what they'd like to see instead

Pregnancy and having a baby can be a special time. And families want to feel safe and trust their maternity care. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news updates. But when we reviewed ...
Next City

A New Indigenous Birth Center Is ‘Nothing but Good Medicine’

Members and supporters of the Birth Justice Collaborative at the Minnesota Senate Health and Human Services Committee. (Photo courtesy Birth Justice Collaborative) This is your first of three free ...
Post-Bulletin

Culturally specific maternal health care for Black and Indigenous women key to reducing harm for birther and child

Octavia Treadway’s middle son was a drummer before he was born. “He actually started drumming in the womb,” said Treadway, the co-executive director of You’re Carrying Someone Great, a nonprofit that, ...
The Conversation

Research finds Indigenous peoples face unique challenges at work – but also reveals what can help

Ben Walker receives funding from the Royal Society of New Zealand for research on cultural double-shifting amongst young Māori workers. Nimbus A. Staniland receives funding from the Royal Society Te ...
UNHCR

Birth registration drive brings Congo's indigenous in from the shadows

Marie does not know her age but looks to be in her late thirties. She has never had a birth certificate nor any other identity document. She has never been to school, either. She lives in poverty with ...
Medscape

Alberta’s Aunties Within Reach Promotes Indigenous Mothers’ Reproductive Health

Canada’s Indigenous History Month is an appropriate time to examine the efforts that the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) are taking to improve Indigenous health trajectories within the ...