Demeter Press Chapter Title: Front Matter Book Title: Indigenous Experiences of Pregnancy and Birth Book Editor(s): Hannah Tait Neufeld and Jaime Cidro Published by: Demeter Press Stable URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt1vw0sbs.1 JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact [email protected]. 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All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form by any means without permission in writing from the publisher. Funded by the Government of Canada Financé par la gouvernement du Canada Demeter Press 140 Holland Street West P. O. Box 13022 Bradford, on L3Z 2Y5 Tel: (905) 775-9089 Email: [email protected] Website: www.demeterpress.org Demeter Press logo based on the sculpture “Demeter” by Maria-Luise Bodirsky <www.keramik-atelier.bodirsky.de> Front cover photograph: Peekaboo Studio Photography eBook: tikaebooks.com Printed and Bound in Canada Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication Indigenous experiences of pregnancy and birth / Hannah Tait Neufeld and Jaime Cidro, editors. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 978-1-77258-135-5 (softcover) 1. Pregnancy--Canada. 2. Childbirth--Canada. 3. Motherhood--Canada. 4. Birth customs--Canada. 5. Native women--Canada--Social life and customs. 6. Pregnant women--Canada--Social life and customs. 7. Native women-- Canada--Social conditions. 8. Traditional medicine--Canada. I. Tait Neufeld, Hannah, 1968-, editor II. Cidro, Jaime, editor HQ759.I48 2017 306.874’308997071 C2017-905296-9 This content downloaded from (cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)139.80.253.0 on Sat, 26 Sep 2020 08:57:05 UTC(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0) All use subject to https://about.jstor.org/terms Indigenous Experiences of Pregnancy and Birth edited by Hannah Tait Neufeld and Jaime Cidro demeter press, bradford, ontario This content downloaded from (cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)139.80.253.0 on Sat, 26 Sep 2020 08:57:05 UTC(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0) All use subject to https://about.jstor.org/terms This content downloaded from (cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)139.80.253.0 on Sat, 26 Sep 2020 08:57:05 UTC(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0) All use subject to https://about.jstor.org/terms This book is dedicated to the Indigenous women who have shared their stories of pregnancy and birth, along with those who are not yet able to speak of their accounts of love and loss. Thank you for your strength amid all you have experienced. This content downloaded from (cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)139.80.253.0 on Sat, 26 Sep 2020 08:57:05 UTC(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0) All use subject to https://about.jstor.org/terms This content downloaded from (cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)139.80.253.0 on Sat, 26 Sep 2020 08:57:05 UTC(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0) All use subject to https://about.jstor.org/terms Demeter Press Chapter Title: Table of Contents Book Title: Indigenous Experiences of Pregnancy and Birth Book Editor(s): Hannah Tait Neufeld, Jaime Cidro Published by: Demeter Press. (2017) Stable URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt1vw0sbs.2 JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact [email protected]. Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at https://about.jstor.org/terms Demeter Press is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to Indigenous Experiences of Pregnancy and Birth This content downloaded from 139.80.253.0 on Sat, 26 Sep 2020 08:57:10 UTC All use subject to https://about.jstor.org/terms Contents Acknowledgments ix Foreword Kim Anderson xi Introduction Jaime Cidro and Hannah Tait Neufeld 1 part one: pregnancy Chapter One Indigenous Pregnancy, Birthing, and Mothering in Colonial Canada Sana Z. Shahram 13 Chapter Two “It’s in Her Health”: Historical Retrospective of Generational Changes in Maternal Diets from Peguis, First Nation Hannah Tait Neufeld 30 vii This content downloaded from 139.80.253.0 on Sat, 26 Sep 2020 08:57:10 UTC All use subject to https://about.jstor.org/terms