The Magazine

The deaths of 28-year-old Josseli Barnica (2021) and 18-year-old Naveah Crain (2023) made headlines as preventable fatalities that occurred as a result of delayed medical care during miscarriages.

For thousands of years, reproductive health care has been an essential part of Indigenous cultural practices, encompassing sacred rites, religious rituals, and the right to choose an abortion.

Tanzania stands at a critical juncture in its quest for reproductive justice, grappling with alarming maternal mortality rates that underscore the urgent need for comprehensive reproductive health care.

The Colombian Amazon is home to a large and diverse Indigenous culture. There, numerous ethnic groups have coexisted peacefully, and together they have resisted the attacks of colonization.

I am going to tell you a story. It is a story of pain, bloodshed, resilience, and survival. It is a story passed down in my family through oral tradition that runs through my veins. It is my history. 

The tragic deaths of two migrant Maya children in U.S. custody revealed the consequences of failing to provide services in the migrants’ Native Indigenous languages.

Indigenous wisdom empowers me as an Indigenous social worker to advocate for decolonization within my field.