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02 September 2019 02 Sep 2019

Volume 27 | Issue 9

ISSN (Print): 0969-4900

ISSN (Online): 2052-4307

The place they will be born

Just past ‘Bear Paw Gas and Convenience’ and not far from ‘Talking Earth Pottery’ sits Tsi Non:we Ionnakeratstha Maternal and Child Health Centre The name is Mohawk for ‘the place they will be born’ A sign proudly announces that six babies have been born there so far in March On the other side of the sign it wishes the community a ‘substance-free’ holiday It is a First Nations birthing place and a small slice of cultural healing

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