Kanien’kehá:ka
Ónkha Ní:i’
Onerahtohkó:wa 2012 shiyohserà:tehkhwe’ ne Kenhtè:ke Kontiwirayè:nas Kontinenhanónhnha Tsi Tkahà:nayen’ wa’konterihwahténtya’te’ ne tsyeyá:ta yewirayé:nas, yewirayè:na’s yonterihwayénhstha’ táhnon ne yewirayè:nas yontatyenawá:ses ne akonwatiya’takenhnhónhake’ ne ronnonkwehón:we’ kahwatsiraké:ron thiyaweronhátye’ ka’ok nón:we’ thati’terón:ton.
Tsi Kenhtè:ke’ tsi nón:we thonakera’tón:ne’ ne Skén:nen Rahá:wis, o:nen Yá:ya’k niyohserá:ke eh nikarí:wes tyonaterihwahtentyà:tonh ne Kenhtè:ke’ Kontiwirayè:na’s. Yah othé:nen tehshakotiwihstá:wih ne kakorá:tshera éh nón: nikahá:wih. O:nen nón:wa ne MOHLTC yonkhihwistá:wis ayakwatkón:tahkwe’ tsi niyonkwarihó:tens ayakwarihwahniratstahkwá:seke’ nonkyonkweta’shòn:a’. Tsi niyonkyonhwentsyá:te’ kénh nenthatinakera’tonhatyé:seke’ tenyakwatatyé:nawahse’. Enyonkhiwennahrón:ka’te’ i: onkwahronkhà:tshera shenhatinakera’te’. Tsi niyonkwarihó:tens, tsi nitewawennó:ten táhnon tsi niyonkwanonkhwa’tsheró:ten entyonkhiyateweyen’tón:tahkwe’ shenhatinákera’te’ ne yonkhiyen’okón:a’. Ne’ ní:i yonkwatoríhonte ayonkhi’nikonhrarátye táhnon ó:ni tayonkhiya’tanónhstate’ skén:nen ahonnonhtonnyónhseke’ ne onkwaksata’okòn:a’ ahonata’karí:teke’ ne onkwahwatsiratátye’.
English
About Us
In May 2012, with one full time Onkwehón:we midwife, Apprentice Midwife and Birth Attendant, Kenhté:ke Midwives, Kontinenhanónhnha Tsi Tkahà:nayen, “They are protecting the seeds at the Bay of Quinte” opened it’s doors to provide culturally competent care to Indigenous families living on-reserve, in urban and rural communities
Located at Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory, birthplace of the Peacemaker, Kenhté:ke Midwives has operated for over six years with limited funding and access to resources. With the recent announcement of MOHLTC funding we continue to provide culturally appropriate care that sustains our way of life by birthing our children in the hands of our own people, on our land, using our language, traditions, culture and traditional medicines. It is our responsibility to ensure the protection and safety of our children and well-being of our families.
Tsi Nahó:ten Tetewehtáhkwa
Tsi niyonkwarihó:tens ne Onkwehonwehnéha Kontiwirayé:nas.
Orihwakwé:kon ne tsi konón:kwe nonkáti’ entkayakenhstahkwenhátye i: onkwaya’takenhnhà:tshera enwá:ton.
Shakoterihontén:nih ayethiyatonnhe’tawiseke’;
Yethiyatonnhe’tá:wis táhnon yethiya’takénhnha’s;
Yethiyaterihontén:nis ne yonkhihsotshera’shon’kénha, onkwanakerahsera’kehshón:ke’, onkwen’tara’tennyon:ke’,
tsi nya’teyonkwanatennyón:nke’ táhnon aontahatikonhsatontyéseke’ aontahatinakera’tonhatyè:seke’ ne ohén:ton yawenonhátye’.
Né:e eh niyonkwarihó:ten ne konón:kwe’ tekontatyateweyenhstén:nis.
Nok ne yáh shé:kon éh té:yoht kénh niyó:re kénh niyotoktátye’, nok skátne ne Onkwehón:we Kontiwirá:yenas teyonattennyonhátye’ kí:ken yonkwaterihwayén:nih né:e tsi thatiya’tátshon nya’tehotinakera’tónhseke.
Vision
Onkwehón:we midwifery is deeply rooted in Rotinoshonni Culture.
In our society, women are the center of all things.
We have been given the ability to create;
We are life givers and nurturers;
We have responsibilities to our ancestors, our nations, clans,
communities and future generations to come.
Traditionally, women received formal instruction on all things.
It isn’t that way today…but, collectively, Onkwehón:we midwives are changing that…
‘One Birth at a Time’.