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IWR & NM Breastfeeding Task Force Recognized For Work Making Pueblo Regalia Breastfeeding Friendly
May 02, 2018
“I am so proud of the work we did with our community–we did it with good hearts and love for our tradition and our people,” said IWR co-founder Rachael Lorenzo (Laguna Pueblo, Mescalero Apache, Chicana)."
via Native News Online.Net
April 26, 2018
“I sacrificed time grounding myself in my culture and tradition, but as a new mom I couldn’t join my family in the way I wanted because my regalia didn’t allow me to breastfeed conveniently,” Lorenzo says. She knew, with so many new moms and young babies present at the ceremonies, she couldn’t be the only one having this problem."
Sacred Seams: Regalia Lost and Found, By Marya Errin Jones
April 07, 2018
"The multiple layers of ceremonial garments incited responses by Pueblo women eager to experience a little convenience while feeding their babies over the course of feast days and other ceremonies, catering to family and community. It’s helped me realize what my struggle to find my “style” as a young, black, North American woman was really about."
via Medium
Native Women ‘Hack’ Traditional Dress for Easier Breastfeeding
March 30, 2018
"The original two-layer, belted regalia worn to Pueblo ceremonies made it hard for me to feed my child and honor my ancestors. But armed with community feedback and ingenuity, we're literally redesigning it."
via Rewire News
Oil, gas drilling rights near Chaco Canyon sold for $3M
January 25, 2017
"Despite protests from Native Americans, environmentalists and others, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management on Wednesday auctioned oil and gas drilling rights to 843 acres in the Chaco Canyon region of northwest New Mexico."
via Santa Fe New Mexican
Indigenous Love: When Being Who We Are Is Resistance
December 15, 2016
"The saying “Kill the Indian, save the man” was more than a popular mantra that explained the explicit policies of anti-Native cultural destruction. It was also about shutting down more dynamic and fluid definitions of gender."
via Rewire News
A Kink in the Pipeline
September 14, 2016
“The water and the land are so sacred, and they can’t be replaced, so it’s hard for tribal communities and their government to work with federal or state agencies and even just ask the question, ‘Why did this happen in the first place? Why are we in the position of having to come back to the table to explain why this is wrong?’”
via The Santa Fe Reporter
Native women must make their own choices about breastfeeding
June 30, 2016
"Breastfeeding is one of the most sacred things parents do for their children, but so is the decision not to breastfeed. For low-income women who cannot or do not want to breastfeed, their safety net assistance via Women, Infants and Children (WIC) are at stake."
via The Hill
June 17, 2016
Rachael writes about her experiences with pregnancy, birth, breastfeeding as an indigenous woman.
via Indian Country Media Network
