Indigenous Motherhood

Magical. Heart-wrenching. Soft. Brutal. Sacred. Revolutionary.

What does it mean to be an Indigenous mother? I don’t know of any word or collection of words that will ever encompass what it feels like to mother Indigenous children in a world hell-bent on erasing the Indigenous.

At least no word(s) in the English language that I know of.

How do you describe something other-worldly using this world’s language, anyway?

In Conversation:
Jenan A. Matari
Illustration by:
Aya Ghanameh
Filed under:
Essays
Topics:
Designing SystemsSovereigntyClimate & Culture
From EIP #8