Motherhood Series: Isabel Healy

🪶 We are so excited to share this conversation with Camie Jae Goldhammer, MSW, LICSW, IBCLC (Sisíthuŋwaŋ-Waȟpéthuŋwaŋ Oyáte) a Clinical Social Worker, Lactation Consultant and Full Spectrum Indigenous Doula.

🪶 Camie is the founder and chair of the Native American Breastfeeding Coalition of Washington. She is also a founding mother and President Elect of the National Association of Professional and Peer Lactation Supporters of Color. 

🪶 She is now putting all of her effort into a new non-profit called Hummingbird Indigenous Family Services of which Hummingbird Indigenous Doulas is a foundational program. She is a National leader on topics of racial equity and first food justice. She lives in South Seattle with her husband Eric and two daughters Dylan (12) and JoJo (9) and bougie rez dog, Memphis. 

✨ Enjoy! 

To learn more about Hummingbird Indigenous Family Services & Hummingbird Indigenous Doulas visit:

https://www.hummingbird-ifs.org/

✨ Welcoming in the new year with strong Blackfoot Matriarch, Isabel Healy! 

🪶 In this special conversation with Isabel, listeners will enjoy hearing about her love for beading, working hard, raising her children, and learning about her culture! 

🪶 Isabel grew up in the Kainai Blood Tribe, part of the Blackfoot Confederacy, where she learned her first language, Blackfoot and all about her culture. 

🪶 She is a gifted artist with all the beadwork she does and all the regalia and moccasins she makes. 

🤎 It is such an honour that my grandmother came onto the podcast to share her stories with everyone. I carry her Blackfoot name with great honour! 

✨ Enjoy! 

🪶In honour of National Indigenous People’s Month, we wanted to feature a special conversation that focuses on some big things happening in the Blackfoot territories that are connected to Indigenous Health and Wellness! Recorded live at the Annual Siksika Nation Health Fair on the Siksika Nation, we share this inspiring conversation with Chief Executive Officer for Siksika Health Services for 22+ years, Dr. Tyler White (Naa Taoyi Piita Wo Taan – “Holy Eagle Shield”).

🪶Dr. White is a member of the Siksika First Nation who has worked extensively with all levels of government, frontline workers, and industry partners to enhance the coordination of health care and service delivery in Treaty 7 and beyond. 

🪶Tyler is the President of the First Nations Health Consortium of Alberta, a member of the Alberta Human Trafficking Task Force committee, Co-Chair for the Alberta First Nations COVID-19 Vaccine Task Team, and was a significant, contributing member of the Alberta government’s Valuing Mental Health review committee, and Joint Action Health Plan for the Alberta Region. 

🪶Tyler has most recently championed the signing of a Relationship Agreement and MOU with Alberta Health on Collaboration Respecting Access to Health Care.

🪶Just as his personal motto states, “Building Teams, Creating Opportunities, and being Innovative”, Tyler is a leader who is helping to build a healthier future for Indigenous communities through innovation, cultural grounding and accessing a large supportive network.

⭐️It was so wonderful to catch up with my dear friend, Dr. Tyler White!

🌿To learn more about Tyler and his amazing team’s work visit:

• https://siksikahealth.com/

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✨Dr. Cindy Blackstock✨

🪶In this conversation with Dr. Cindy Blackstock, we talk about childhood dreams, envisioning the powerful future of Indigenous children and their legacies, Spirit Bear, and stories of the places that are close to Cindy's heart. 

🪶Cindy is a member of the Gitxsan First Nation, the Executive Director of the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society and a professor at McGill University’s School of Social Work. 

🪶 Cindy is a recipient of the SSHRC Gold Medal, she was honoured to work with First Nations colleagues on a successful human rights challenge to Canada’s inequitable provision of child and family services and failure to implement Jordan’s Principle. This hard-fought litigation has resulted in hundreds of thousands of services being provided to First Nations children, youth, and families. 

🪶We are so delighted to bring this impactful and inspirational, heartwarming conversation to our dear listeners! 

🧡We dedicate this episode to all Indigenous children, youth, and residential school survivors - those with us today, and those who have moved into the spirit world. 

⭐️ Special shout out to my dad, my hero, Gordon Alex Fox!

🌿To learn more about Cindy's work and follow her journey, visit:

•https://fncaringsociety.com/about

•https://twitter.com/cblackst

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In this episode I chat with award winning, super cool, fun to hang out with inspirational author, writer, storyteller, Katherena Vermette. Katherena, a Red River Métis (Michif) writer from Treaty 1 territory, the heart of the Métis Nation. She has worked in poetry, novels, children’s literature, and film.
 
Her first book, North End Love Songs, also her debut novel won the Governor General's Literary Award for poetry, and her debut novel, The Break, was a finalist for the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize and the Governor General's Literary Award for fiction. Her most recent novel, The Strangers, is another must-read!

I welcome our listeners to our conversation, as Katherena shares beautiful and intriguing stories about her life as a writer, mother, mentor and much more. It was truly an incredible experience to sit and share space with Katherena Vermette at the Banff Centre for Arts, in Blackfoot territory, where we met!

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Welcome to the Motherhood Series! I am so excited to share the first episode in our new Motherhood Series where I talk with Autumn EagleSpeaker!
 Autumn  is a member of the Kainai First Nation. She is from the All Short Peoples Clan and the Running Antelope Band.  Autumn was born and raised in Seattle, Washington and resides in Calgary. Autumn is the daughter of Diane EagleSpeaker and Michael Williams and is the grand daughter of the late Glen and Leona EagleSpeaker and Helen and Stanley Williams.
 Autumn is a Blackfoot/African American Renaissance Woman, Mother of six,Warrior, Lover of Indigeneity, Politics, Art, Books, She is a speaker, passionate volunteer and Creates events and opportunities for others.
Autumn is also an entrepreneur designing her own line of jewelry Falling Leaves Designs. Autumn’s educational background at the University of Calgary focused on International Indigenous Studies and Political Science.
Autumn (along with her sister Melrene) organizes the Authentically Indigenous Craft Show, a social enterprise that creates opportunity for local Indigenous artists, makers and creators through craft shows and events. Autumn is a Community leader, a Community activist organizer, and has sat on many Boards. Autumn was also one of the main organizers for Idle No More Calgary and is Autumn is also a recipient of the Canada 150 Senate Medal for her work for Outstanding Volunteerism, the Esquao Award for Community Service and the City of Calgary Youth Achievement Award (many moons ago).

It is an honour to share my conversation with this amazing mama and hear all about her incredible journey!

To learn more about the Authentically Indigenous Craft Show visit:
·IG:https://instagram.com/authenticallyindigenous?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
·Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/authenticallyindig/

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Join me in conversation with Caroline Sekaquaptewa, a 47 year old Hopi woman from Sipaulovi, Arizona. She is from the Patkiwungwa (Water) clan. Caroline is a mother of four daughters: Jaime,  Jelani, Jaya, and Makenna and grandmother to one grandson. She resides in the Phoenix area and  is an Early Childhood Educator and has taught in a family literacy program located on the Salt RIver Pima Maricopa Indian Community for 17 years. Caroline has a bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education, a Master’s degree in Bilingual/ Multicultural Education, and a Master’s degree in Early Childhood Education. 

Caroline comes from the Hopi tribe, who have a strong cultural connection to running. She has been a runner since elementary school and was a part of state championship teams at Hopi High School. She ran in junior college for a brief time, and later resumed running as a Mom.

Caroline comes from a physically active family. The family participates and supports each other in runs, triathlons, and basketball games. She participates in triathlons with family and friends, and has completed the Ironman Arizona race four times. Caroline is a 8 time Boston Marathon finisher and has also run the Chicago and Los Angeles marathons. Caroline has competed in races from 5K to 55K, on roads and trails, and truly enjoys the physical challenges of endurance sports. 

Jillene Joseph (Aaniiih) raised four children and a nephew for many years as a single mother and now is in a beautiful and healthy relationship.  She has a Bachelor of Science degree in community health education and is currently the Executive Director for the Native Wellness Institute, a national non-profit organization that she and a handful of others founded in 2000.  For the past 35 years she has traveled throughout North America providing wellness and healing training and technical assistance to tribes, First Nations and aboriginal people and organizations in a variety of areas such as youth leadership development, healthy relationships, wellness in the workplace and more. She has visited hundreds of Native and Indigenous communities through North America, the island of Guam, Australia and New Zealand, providing information as well as furthering her own knowledge and understanding of our People and our traditional ways. She prides herself in choosing to be drug and alcohol free and by living a life that she knows is making her ancestors smile. Jillene is one of the 8 members of the International Indigenous Council of the Healing Our Spirits Worldwide movement- a worldwide effort to heal the lasting impacts of colonization around the world. Jillene has worked for her own tribe, for tribal health board’s and has always lived by her personal mantra of “Living by the Warrior’s Spirit:  being positive, productive and proactive.” Her passion and life’s work are dedicated to bringing wellness and healing to individuals, families, places of work and communities throughout Native North America and beyond! Jillene enjoys beading, reading and attending tribal celebrations! 

Ryan Fahey is a three-time Author, Educator, and International Speaker of all things wellness and personal growth. He is the Owner of FaheyConsulting which aims to help people and organizations move from good to great. Born in Nova Scotia, Ryan has dedicated his life to pursuing wellness and is widely considered a leader in the wellness and education sectors.

Join Talks With A Fox Podcast host Andrea in conversation with Ryan, a return guest as part of the Wellness Series and get ready to be inspired! Don't forget to catch our conversation in Season 1 where we discuss Ryan's book, Your Best Decade and share stories of life lessons and the journey of learning. 

To connect with Ryan & purchase his books Visit:

https://www.faheyconsulting.org/

Join me in conversation for the first episode in the Wellness Series with Paula Naponse, an Anishinaabe kwe from Aitkameksheng Anishinaabek in Ontario. Paula is a designer, educator and entrepreneur. All the work that Paula does is based on the belief that Indigenous people have cultural knowledge that can drive communities ahead if we embrace who we are. We have languages, systems, teachings that can be used to create our own education systems, economic development initiatives and improve our emotional and spiritual health. 

Paula was blessed with a life with a husband who was able to help her see that there is so much more to life. He was lost to this physical world in an auto accident three years ago. Living in grief, Paula knows that there is still so much more work to do to carry on his legacy, work and spirit. Paula is blessed to be a single parent with four children who inspire her every day and who are also teachers of life and love.

Paula holds a Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Education and a Master of Education. Paula also has a clothing/accessories business called Ondarez Clothing and Goods which is line of lifestyle wear to showcase the positive life on a First Nation. 

Paula is presently living in an urban environment but her heart is in Atikameksheng and is presently working with the urban Indigenous community to build an Indigenous School for elementary aged children.

To learn more about Paula Naponse Business and Websites visit:
·   Website: https://www.ondarez.com/
·   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pnaponse
·   IG: https://www.instagram.com/paula_naponse/
·   Twitter: https://twitter.com/pjnap
·   LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paula-naponse-1a26073b/

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