Research In Action
Find additional resources and links to partner sites about Indigenous lactation support below.
Resources:
Learn about the ways that milk is medicine from the National Council of Indigenous Midwives.
Resources, programs and services in B.C. at First Nations Health Authority, Maternal Child and Family Health.
Project impacts in Winnipeg announced during National Breastfeeding Week, 2026. Facebook page.
Connect with the Indigenous Milk Medicine Collective. Learn about Indigenous Milk Medicine Week; August 8-14, 2026.
Read an article about “Restoring Indigenous Breastfeeding In My Family Lineage” on the website of La Leche League, USA.
The United Nations Nutrition’s Rome Nutrition Week.
Youtube: see the session on Collaborative Approaches to Indigenous Peoples Knowledge Sharing for Sustainable Nutrition Futures with Amber Balan and Hannah Neufeld.
First Foods and Maternal Health Project of the First Nations Development Institute. Resources in California, USA.
Contact us at info@firstfoods for support or for more information about this project.
“Telling our stories is empowering and coming together as…Indigenous women, that's powerful. A lot of us go through this alone, and we don't have anybody to talk to.”
- sharing circle participant