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MIKE DEAL / FREE PRESS Indigenous midwife Melissa Brown Sveinson in her home office holds dreamcatchers that represent the various stages of a dilating cervix. Melissa is part of a grassroots movement of Indigenous Midwives, Doulas, Aunties and Birth workers that are reconnecting Indigenous women with their language, medicines, and ceremonies to support families during pregnancy, birth and parenting. See AV Kitching story 240604 - Tuesday, June 04, 2024.