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Host: Andi Murphy
Native mothers are more than twice as likely to die from pregnancy-related complications than their white counterparts. The numbers are much worse for urban Native populations. We’ll have pre-natal experts go over the risks and the efforts to improve the troubling statistics.
GUESTS
Nicolle Gonzales, founder and midwifery director of the Changing Woman Initiative
Norma Rabbitskin (seen above with her grandson), senior health nurse for the Sturgeon Lake First Nation
Shirley Bighead, director of health for Sturgeon
Break 1 music: New Women Song (feat. Jennifer Kreisberg) (song) Cris Derksen (artist) Cris Derksen: Orchestral Powwow (album)
Break 2 music: Remembering the Warrior (song) Porcupine Singers (artist) Alowanpi – Songs of Honoring – Lakota Classics: Past & Present, Vol. 1 (album)
