Resolution No. 2011-09-26
Midwifery Services in Mushkegowuk First Nations
WHEREAS the children of the Omushkegowuk are the future of the Mushkegowuk Nation and their mothers carry an important responsibility to pass on the culture to their children; and
WHEREAS the evacuation of expectant mothers to give birth outside of their home communities creates hardship, grief and anxiety on mothers and the entire family and community structure; and
WHEREAS there are traditional practices of childbirth that are not being passed on due to the current medical arrangement of having expectant mothers spend weeks or months away from home to give birth; and
WHEREAS the knowledge of traditional midwives has almost disappeared and there is a need for training for community women to become midwives, integrating both western and traditional knowledge;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that this Mamowihitowin of the Omushkegowuk hereby declare that the provision of midwifery services are a priority to a11 Mushkegowuk First Nations; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this Mamowihitowin of the Omushkegowuk gives our strong support to the proposal for the implementation of midwifery services in the James and Hudson Bay
communities and call upon the Ontario Midwifery Program and other health care funders to put in place the necessary funding to allow expectant mothers to deliver their babies in their home communities in a manner that is culturally appropriate.
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