This week, an hour-long discussion about the terrifying uptick in syphilis infections and congenital syphilis cases in Indian Country. This is a problem throughout the US and it’s hitting Indian Country the hardest. Guest Host Anne Keala Kelly (Kanaka Maoli) spends the hour with Amanda Singer (Diné), Executive Director of the Navajo Breastfeeding Coalition/Diné Doula Collective in Window Rock, Arizona. Amanda is a Certified Lactation Counselor and Indigenous Doula.
The organization’s mission is to improve the health of Navajo families by providing compassionate unbiased, and accessible care to improving all birthing families and Infant health through holistic traditional practices and to promote healing.
Production Credits:
Tiokasin Ghosthorse (Lakota), Host and Executive Producer
Anne Keala Kelly (Kanaka Maoli), Guest Host
Liz Hill (Red Lake Ojibwe), Producer
Manuel Blas, Studio Engineer, Radio Kingston
Anne Keala Kelly, Audio Editor
Kevin Richardson, Podcast Editor
Music Selections:
1. Song Title: Tahi Roots Mix (First Voices Radio Theme Song)
Artist: Moana and the Moa Hunters
Album: Tahi (1993)
Label: Southside Records (Australia and New Zealand)
2. Song Title: Little One
Artist: Sharon Burch
Album: Yazzie Girl (1989)
Label: Canyon Records
3. Song Title: Grandmother’s Ways
Artist: Sharon Burch
Album: Touch the Sweet Earth (1995)
Label: Canyon Records
4. Song Title: The Peacemaker is Born
Artist: Joanne Shenandoah
Album: Peacemaker’s Journey (2000)
Label: Silver Wave Records
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