OMC - Onkwehonwe Midwives Collective

06/23/2026

Recent actions by the International Confederation of Midwives (ICM) challenge the recognition of Indigenous midwifery and suspend the Position Statement on Partnership Between Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Midwives. The National Council of Indigenous Midwives (NCIM) and the Canadian Association of Midwives (CAM) have issued a joint statement in response.

This is about more than terminology. It is about Indigenous self-determination, Indigenous governance, and the recognition of Indigenous systems of knowledge, care, and accountability.

Indigenous midwives are health care providers, teachers, knowledge holders, advocates, and community leaders. Their expertise is grounded in both clinical practice and generations of cultural knowledge, community responsibility, and lived experience.

Read the full statement and learn why NCIM and CAM are calling for the reinstatement of the Position Statement, permanent Indigenous representation within ICM governance, and meaningful dialogue on Indigenous self-determination in global midwifery.

➡️ Read the statement at the link in our bio

06/23/2026

On National Indigenous Peoples Day, we honour the Indigenous midwives who have carried birth knowledge across generations.

Long before hospitals, professional colleges, and modern health systems, Indigenous midwives cared for women, babies, families, and communities. They were healers, teachers, mentors, leaders, and knowledge holders.

Colonial policies attempted to disrupt Indigenous birth practices through forced relocation, residential schools, evacuation for birth, and the exclusion of Indigenous knowledge from health systems.

Yet Indigenous midwifery did not disappear.

Indigenous midwives continued to practice, teach, adapt, advocate, and rebuild.

Today Indigenous midwives around the world continue the work of bringing birth back to communities and restoring Indigenous systems of care.

Indigenous midwifery is not a relic of the past. It is living, evolving, and essential to the future.

06/23/2026

Besides you, your little ones and some cute teddy bears, can you guess who else will be there?

Its our annual Teddy Bear Picnic!!!

06/23/2026

We’ve got something brewing! Come drop in at the Akwesasne Library on July 2nd anytime from 11-3.

We’ll be putting together a big batch of our favorite sitz bath herb blend, perfect for postpartum sitz baths, soaking in an herb-infused tub (yes, that’s absolutely an option postpartum!), or even pelvic steaming.

Our community is rich with herbal knowledge, and there are countless healing blends out there. This one is simply our own tried-and-true specialty mix, one we’ve come to love and use over the years. So…. bring your own mason jar or paper bag and take home a little serving of the blend. We’ll also have a fresh batch steeping that you can bring home ready to add straight to your bath or use for steaming.

We’ll be demonstrating a few simple, practical ways to use the herbs, including different steaming setups and postpartum bath preparations.

And no, there won’t be any steaming of the nether regions happening in the library…. that would be a little too memorable! 😂)

06/22/2026

It's so dead out there right now, what are all you guys with the day off up to rn?

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06/22/2026

We told y'all we were going to spit straight FACTS for Indigenous History Month, and unlike with the treaties, we are staying true to our word. Let's DEBUNK the ultimate lie that they tell people in school: "Christopher Columbus 'discovered' America".

Firstly, FALSE. You can't discover something that was already established. Like really, who discovered Europe, then, uh?

Secondly, Christopher Columbus was a religious fanatic that fantasized about being the savior of the Holy Land of Jerusalem, which tracks, because why else would you travel with a Papal Bull from the Pope that claims all land for the Catholic Church?

But yeah, that's the truth, and if you don't believe us, well hey, check the comments for a screenshot from his 'Diario'.

06/22/2026

Happy Indigenous People's Day!