Selu Mothering Project

Your birth stories matter! 🤎🤎🤎

🌸 Calling Indigenous parents of infants and toddlers

We’re gathering stories, experiences, and voices from Indigenous parents across our communities and we’d love input if you gave birth in a hospital setting 2023-2025 ⬅️

If you’re an American Indian or Alaska Native birth parent of a baby or toddler (age 0-3) and you’re open to being contacted privately about an opportunity to share your experiences, we invite you to complete our brief interest form.

This form helps us connect with eligible parents in a safe, confidential way.

We’re working within a short timeline, so we encourage you to fill it out as soon as possible.

🧡 Interest Form: https://forms.gle/oZsEw3HrMK9pqL7D6

Please share with relatives, aunties, cousins, and community members who may be interested.

✨Today’s the day! We’re gathering at 12pm ET for a virtual movement session with Mee-Kai Spottedhorsechief, a space for grounding, release, and collective care.

We'd love to see you there!

Join us on Zoom or Facebook Live. Free, open to all.

If you have any milk to donate!

We have many families who rely on our informed milk sharing program. However, we are completely out and desperately in need of more!

If you have even a few extra oz of breastmilk to share, or a whole freezer full, please reach out. We can arrange pickup if you can’t drop it off.

FREE community classes!

Birthstone is now offering FREE community classes on breastfeeding, newborn care, and postpartum healing. These sessions are created to support families through the tender early weeks — helping you understand your baby’s needs, care for your own recovery, and build confidence in feeding and bonding. Each class blends evidence-based information with the gentle, holistic care Birthstone is known for.

Taught by Brandi Harrison, our International Board Certified Lactation Consultant, learn, connect, and find compassionate guidance for every stage of your journey.

Space is limited — reserve your spot today!

Register here-->https://birthstone.intakeq.com/booking?categoryId=b110f5c8-52b7-4bdc-9c40-54821f1e1d3c

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Sharing from Nenookaasikwe Skippingday

Tomorrow 8/13 11-2:30 Birdtown Gym

Don't forget!! Thursday, August 14, 2025 (Tomorrow) Peaches Squirrel Sports Complex 11:00 am to 2:30 pm. Come by and see what resources are available!! Let's celebrate all breastfeeding mommies ❤️

Another opportunity to celebrate Indigenous Milk Medicine Week!

Join the Center for Native Health at the Museum of the Cherokee People to tune in to the Indigenous Milk Medicine Conference on Monday, August 11 through Thursday, August 14 from 2:00 to 5:00 PM EST. Light snacks will be available.
Register here: https://indigenousmilkmedicineweek.regfox.com/indigenous-milk-medicine-conference-2025

❗️⚠️❗️Parents in Bryson City:

✨ANNOUNCING OUR 2025 THEME ARTWORK✨

We’re proud to share the official artwork for Indigenous Milk Medicine Week 2025: “Unapologetically Indigenous: Love, Landback, and Liberation”

📅 August 8–14, 2025
🩵 Virtual Conference: August 11–14

Art by Soni López-Chávez (Chichimeca) |

Soni’s digital illustration work is rooted in her Chichimeca heritage and bicultural experience, and she uses bold, vibrant imagery to uplift marginalized communities while addressing themes like Indigenous sovereignty, immigration, mental health, self-love, and social justice. We are honored to share this piece as we move into the 7th year of Indigenous Milk Medicine Week and our 2nd annual virtual conference.

This year’s artwork reminds us: Milk Medicine is a generational force of care—an enduring knowledge system that protects families, sustains cultural memory, and shapes futures through community, autonomy, and healing.

📣 RFPs Now Open – Deadline July 1
We’re still accepting proposals for virtual conference sessions from Indigenous voices across health, culture, organizing, and community work.

🔗 Submit here: https://forms.gle/3BM5MqhT2xVQBCZ18 [link in bio]

Tag a speaker, share the theme, and stay tuned for more!