Mandible Mondays : Ancestral Medicine, Modern Birth Support
Join Aunts Nest for a powerful conversation with Faith Zacherle-Tonasket on how ancestral medicine and Indigenous birth practices can restore cultural identity, strengthen community care, and reclaim traditional pathways to wellness.
Event Details
April 13, 2026
06:00 PM, PST
Live Zoom Meeting
This conversation explores how ancestral knowledge and Indigenous birth practices continue to shape and strengthen modern approaches to care. Rooted in tradition, these practices honor the wisdom passed down through generations—centering community, cultural identity, and holistic wellness in the birthing journey.
Together, we’ll look at how reclaiming these traditions can support Indigenous families today, challenge Westernized systems of care, and create space for more culturally grounded, respectful, and empowering birth experiences. Through this lens, ancestral medicine becomes not just a practice of the past, but a vital pathway toward healing, sovereignty, and future generations’ wellbeing.
Featuring
Faith Zacherle -Tonasket
Faith is a Sinixt and San Poil leader, advocate, and birth justice practitioner dedicated to restoring Indigenous knowledge systems and strengthening community-based care. As the Executive Director of Xa?xa? Indigenous Birth Justice, she works at the intersection of ancestral medicine and modern birth support—uplifting traditional practices that center cultural identity, sovereignty, and holistic wellness.
Grounded in her community and guided by generations of knowledge, Faith’s work focuses on reclaiming Indigenous birth traditions, supporting families through culturally rooted care, and challenging systems that have historically excluded Indigenous voices.
Through her leadership, she continues to create space for healing, empowerment, and the revitalization of Indigenous lifeways for future generations.
Who This Is For
Community leaders and advocates
Indigenous voices and allies
Individuals seeking deeper, meaningful conversations
Anyone who believes in the power of story to create change
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