Wasauksing Women Sharing Strength
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.25071/1913-5874/37371Abstract
Wasauksing Women Sharing Strength explores the subject of Aboriginal birth knowledge from Wasauksing First Nation in Ontario. The intent is to document and generate positive representations of traditional birth knowledge in response to processes of colonization, which in the past have worked to silence them. Three Wasauksing mothers share their understandings of traditional birth knowledge and where the origins of their knowledges lie. A short video documentary accompanies the article. The author approaches the work from her own personal standpoint: that of a Native woman from Wasauksing First Nation seeking information about her identity as a new mother.
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