Up until the 1930s, Indigenous women were 'largely barred' from attending nursing school in Canada.
Prior to colonization, Indigenous healers and midwives held significant roles in their communities, serving with their knowledge of harvesting, preparing and administering local medicinal plants, reads an article published by the Canadian Nurses Association .
“That was all invented by First Nations people because they were already practicing, they were already taking care,” Bourque Bearskin said. In 1955, Rose Casper of St’at’imc Nation, a survivor of the Kamloops Indian Residential School, became the first Indigenous nurse in Western Canada. “Our Indian hospitals removed that autonomy, and that recognition of our traditional healers,” said Bourque Bearskin. “We’ve got this longstanding history of genocide that continues.”
“ understand the significance of working with the people,” she added. “And I think the people trust them.” For Dick, it’s important for Indigenous nurses to tie in their background and connection to their community to be an effective nurse. “I feel like most people just want you to listen to them,” said Dick. “So often, they're not heard in the health-care system, so just taking that time to listen to them goes a long way.”
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