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Learning Cook Island Birthing Traditions

Season 13 Episode 5 | 2m 33s

Ioana Turia, competitive paddler and free diver from the Cook Island, shares that there's a lack of choice and resources for culturally traditional birthing practices. Nonetheless, had a positive birth experience being able to be surrounded by her family.

Funding provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and the National Endowment for the Arts. Distributed nationally by American Public Television
Extras
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Rava Ray, Tahitian photographer and artist, sought an ocean birth for her first child.
Kimi Werner, Native Hawaiian free diver and spearfisher, shares her first birth journey.
Native Hawaiian mother-daughter activists stand to protect their sacred Mauna Kea.
Two sisters, Kapulei Flores and Hāwane Rios, share a responsibility to protect Mauna Kea.
Thousands of Native Hawaiians and protectors of Mauna Kea gather in protest.
New theater production by Kumu Hula Patrick Makuakāne reclaims and celebrates māhū people.
Kumu Patrick Makuakāne designed his show to be inclusive in dance, song, and costume.
What does it mean to be māhū? Kumu Patrick Makuakāne shares why it's the name of his show.
A Hawaiian finch sues the State of Hawai‘i to prevent its imminent extinction.