Mikiwahp’s Cree founders are teaching traditional culture to help women heal themselves and families torn apart by child-welfare authorities and colonialism
Raven Hart closes her eyes as she stands and smudges each woman sitting in a circle with her eagle fan.
Mikiwahp, an Ininimowin word for tipi, is a new 15-week life-skills program for Indigenous mothers whose children are in government careMs. Hart, 44, and her 29-year-old cousin, Ivana Yellowback, who are both Cree, were asked to create the program for Southeast Child and Family Services, a provincial agency.
honours in sociology. However, most of the knowledge that they pass on in the Mikiwahp program comes from the knowledge of their families and their traditional knowledge keepers, as well as the ceremonies they grew up attending. In 2019, new federal legislation that aims to reduce the number of Indigenous children in care and improve child and family services took hold. The legislation was created with Indigenous peoples and it focuses on establishing the best interests of the child and fostering cultural continuity.
“We don’t put drugs or alcohol into our body. Our bodies are sacred. The cleaner that we keep our home fire, our bodies, the clearer our family, and our future generations will be.”
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