Indigenous Motherhood: Birth Is Ceremony

All My Relations Podcast

Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane

Native, Documentary, Pop Culture, Society & Culture, Relationships, Indigenous, Native American, Society, Contemporary Native American Culture

5 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 1 April 2021

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

In this episode we explore our ceremonies related to birth and question what it means to rematriate through motherhood. What are our traditional birthing ceremonies? What about our coming of age ceremonies? How do we reclaim our sexualities? How has colonization disrupted our traditional birthing practices? Join us in discussion with AMR co-hosts Matika Wilbur, Dr.Dr.Desi and honored guest Temryss Lane, as we unpack some of these questions.

Temryss is an Indigenous sports icon from the Lummi Nation. She played soccer at Arizona State, then professionally in Sweden. She went on to become a model and sports broadcaster while simultaneously getting her Master's degree in American Indian Studies from UCLA. Temryss is a real matriarch, and she's nearly 9 months pregnant in this episode!

Our Moms are everything- supremely important to our cultures, lifeways, health, wellness, and personhood. Carrying life is sacred. Motherhood is sacred. It is a ceremony.

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0:00.0	Hasse Lahel, Tigweetsit Cias, Nastralochad Cias, Matika Seatsda, Staholves Chath, Dwarchath Duhleila,
0:13.6	Dwarchath Swinamish.
0:15.6	Hello relatives, I'm Matika, the creator of Project 562, a photo documentary project
0:21.4	that's dedicated to photographing over 500 tribal nations in the United States with
0:26.1	the book forthcoming.
0:27.1	I'm also a writer, a filmmaker, a mama, and the co-host of this podcast from the Swinamish
0:34.2	and Tlaelab tribes.
0:36.2	I'm really, really glad to have all of you here with us for season 3 with our new co-host,
0:42.7	Dr. Desi.
0:43.7	Hi everybody, Piveshif.
0:45.7	Namukshya, na Haseve.
0:47.7	I'm just so excited to be here and to be the new co-host for season 3.
0:52.9	I just introduced myself in my language, my shyya name is Muqshihat, which translates
0:57.2	to barement woman.
0:58.7	I'm a data warrior, a professor, a researcher who studies Indigenous erasure and resilience.
1:04.6	I'm a relative and a mother, and I'm just so happy to be here and to talk story with
1:10.0	all of you.
1:11.0	We have so many exciting topics that we're going to get into this season starting with Indigenous
1:15.5	motherhood.
1:16.5	Love, sex, snagging, safety of body.
1:21.9	We're also talking about the border, reconnecting with Indigenous communities and so much more.
1:28.3	We're just coming out of pod camp, my very first pod camp, which was super fun, and it was
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