"Those That Assist Mothers in Delivering Babies"- GAA-ODAAPINAAWASOWAD

This video is near and dear to birth keeper Yesenia Giron. Captured here are Elders from Treaty 3 Territory, including her late Grandmother, Elsie Blackhawk-Anishinaabe Elder. Take a look and listen to the stories of midwives and birth amongst the communities.

You will often here us we refer to this "work" as not a job, but a true calling, a deeper connection & intuition passed through our DNA and lineages where we have come to walk the path of our ancestors. We give thanks to those before us and we continue to pray and walk in a good way, "minobimaadziwin".

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"Way̓! isn̓qlxʷskʷíst, Xáy qʷət qʷ uł nw̓yápixčn̓. Marnie Turner.

I am Okanagan, French Canadian and European. I have supported North Americas First Peoples with all things postnatal for the past ten years. However, a few years ago I was gifted the opportunity to learn and work with Indigenous families prenatally and birthing. Since then, I have been providing full spectrum services, prenatal support and preparation, leading into birth and concluding with postnatal care"

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"Hi, I’m Yesenia, an Ojibwe, Cree & Salvadoran mother to four! I believe birth is ceremony, whichever way your body releases, is a ceremony. It is when you become pregnant, that you find your place in community and it is in that community, where you find your strength. I focus on evidence based prenatal education, while holding space for the sacredness of birth. Let's bring birth back to the basics, to the land and to the people"

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