VALUES:

Ancestral Wisdom: We honor the teachings of our ancestors, carrying forward knowledge that has sustained our peoples for generations.

Community Power: We believe health and healing in Indigenous communities belong in the hands of the people of those communities or nations, and we work to build local leadership and collective strength.

Cultural Survival: We protect Indigenous practices from erasure and ensure they are reclaimed and embodied, not just a memory or story.

Embodied Healing: We recognize the body as a site of memory, resilience, and liberation, and integrate somatic practices into our work.

Justice in Health: We confront and transform systems that deny care, dignity, or cultural respect.

Ceremony as Medicine: We create spaces for prayer, ritual, and celebration, knowing that spirit is essential to health.

Radical Care: We treat care as an act of resistance and a pathway to liberation.

RECLAIMING access to healthcare for our communities and Honoring the Spirit and strength of Indigenous Midwifery

MISSION:

Indigenous Birth is a community-rooted organization advancing health, justice, and cultural survival through the leadership of Indigenous midwives, healers, and community health workers. We preserve ancestral knowledge while confronting the systems that erase it, creating spaces where birth, health, and ceremony are inseparable. Through education, advocacy, somatic healing, accessible community health services, and events, we work to re-indigenize health practices, restore community power, and ensure healthcare access for all.

VISION:

We envision a world where everyone has access to quality, culturally-respectful healthcare; where Indigenous midwives, healers, and community health workers are valued as essential providers; and where traditional birth and healing practices are returned to Indigenous communities as a living, thriving part of everyday life. By bridging ancestral wisdom with equitable health systems, we aim to build stronger, healthier communities for generations to come.

Gatherings & Community Support

With years of experience in event planning and facilitation, we bring people together for healing, learning, and relationship-building. From community gatherings and retreats to workshops and elder support, we create spaces where wisdom and connection thrive.

Advocacy & Impact

Driven by a commitment to health equity and justice, we work in offering direct health services and education, policy development, coalition building, and provide essential resources to ensure Indigenous voices are respected and empowered within healthcare systems and beyond.

Guidance & Sacred Transitions

Offering support through life’s sacred moments, we provide trauma-informed education, death companioning, somatic coaching, and resources for birth and beyond. Through midwifery and indigenous practices, we honor the dignity of each individual and the wisdom of our ancestors.

Our Service Offerings

Indigenous Birth offers a range of services rooted in tradition, healing, and advocacy to support families, communities, and organizations. We also partner with essential community organizations and work together to offer full service health and mental wellness resources for those who may be unable to access care. In addition, we also offer:

We provide tailored facilitation and mentorship for organizations, integrating justice, equity, and inclusion into leadership and structural development.

Facilitation & Mentorship

Our trauma informed services include perinatal somatic education for providers, and compassionate death  companioning (death doula) services, guiding individuals through life's sacred transitions.

Transition Support

This service provides a therapeutic approach that helps people process and release physical and emotional pain caused by trauma or severe stress in the perinatal period. 

Somatic Experience

With over 16 years of experience, we design healing and learning spaces through gatherings, workshops, and retreats, fostering community and growth.

Events & Lectures

Upcoming Events

Indigenous Birth hosts gatherings that foster healing, learning, and connection across communities.

Indigenous Midwives
Conference 2025

Join us in celebrating the incredible convening of Indigenous midwives at the recently passed Indigenous Midwives Conference held May 2025. This event brings together midwives, healers, and advocates for workshops, discussions, and ceremonies, all aimed at strengthening community health, traditional practices, and collective resilience.

Look for an upcoming report and photos from the event, and stay tuned for news of a future IBC!

Created as sacred tools for healing, The Midwife’s Tarot and Midwife’s Oracle celebrate midwifery and traditional wisdom. The Tarot deck, painted by an Indigenous Peruvian artist, and the Oracle deck, featuring healers from diverse cultures, offer guidance and support to midwives and those they serve on their journeys. This offering is from our partner, Phoenix Midwife, with a percentage of the profits going to continue supporting the work of Indigenous Birth.

In collaboration with the Firelight Group, Indigenous Birth is mapping the Arizona-Mexico border region to track access to Indigenous midwives and document the evolving landscape of traditional midwifery in the Americas. This resource aims to re-indigenize midwifery, supporting Indigenous and tribal communities in reclaiming their birth practices.

Currently in development, our Resource Library will offer midwives access to affiliated organizations, articles, videos, and other media. Designed as a networking hub, this resource will support midwives in finding events, tools, and community connections essential to their practice.

Get in Touch

We invite all who feel called to protect and uplift the sacred traditions of Indigenous birth to connect with us. Whether you are a healer, midwife, farmer, artist, storyteller, elder, or community builder, join us in alliance to support and celebrate the wisdom of Indigenous practices.