| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Cover; Copyright; Title Page; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Introduction; I. Pregnancy; 1. Indigenous Pregnancy, Birthing, and Mothering in Colonial Canada; 2. "It's in Her Health"; 3. Culture, Identity, and Spirituality in American Indians and Native People of Alaska Pregnancy Campaigns; II. Birth; 4. Bored, Broke, and Alone; 5. Bearing Witness; 6. Honouring Our Ancestors; 7. Revitalizing Traditional Indigenous Birth Knowledge; 8. Birth Places, Embodied Spaces; 9. Maternal Identity in Family and Community; 10. Indigenous Birth in Canada; About the Contributors |
| Summary |
Traditional midwifery, culture, customs, understandings, and meanings surrounding pregnancy and birth are grounded in distinct epistemologies and worldviews that have sustained Indigenous women and their families since time immemorial. Years of colonization, however, have impacted the degree to which women have choice in the place and ways they carry and deliver their babies. As nations such as Canada became colonized, traditional gender roles were seen as an impediment. The forced rearrangement of these gender roles was highly disruptive to family structures. Indigenous women quickly lost the |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Indigenous women -- Canada
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Pregnancy -- Canada
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Childbirth -- Canada
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FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Marriage.
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Childbirth
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Indigenous women
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Pregnancy
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Canada
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1772581453 |
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9781772581454 |
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