The community health workers help families until children turn 3, teaching parenting skills, family planning, drug abuse prevention, and stress management. They can also integrate the tribe's culture by, for example, using their language or birthing traditions. The health board funds Family Spirit ...
Having struggled with postpartum depression and anxiety following the birth of her first child, Alison Fasolino knew she wanted to have doula support that incorporated Native American traditions this time around. But 12 weeks into her pregnancy, she faced a more urgent issue: staying afl...
non-therapeutic, that women American Indians were being prompted to sign sterilization forms they didn’t understand, that they were being told the operations were reversible, and that some women were even being asked to sign sterilization papers while they had yet to come out of birthing ...
This volcanic landscape has been a cultural center for Native American spiritual activities for up to 23,000 years. During that time, they have come to perceive volcanoes as earth navels and thus places where the earth is reborn. For this reason, the emergence of an active volcano, called ...