Beata Tsosie, an advocate from Santa Clara Pueblo, discusses the environmental challenges faced by her community near nuclear sites, emphasizing the need for protections centered on Indigenous birthing practices. She highlights concerns about toxic substances like tritium water that can impact maternal and infant health. By advocating for 'Nava T'o i Yiya' or 'Land Worker Mother' principles, she connects traditional knowledge of birth waters to broader issues of environmental and reproductive justice, arguing that protecting Indigenous practices ultimately benefits everyone in the community.
We, at Breath of My Heart and Tewa Women United, advocate for centering 'Nava T'o i Yiya,' which translates in our Tewa language to 'Land Worker Mother,' as the standard for protections.
Traditional teachings show us our first environment is those birth waters, so we can really consider them as an environmental landscape to integrate into environmental and reproductive justice.
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