Emery-Rose Assiniboine on Cradle Boards, Parenting, and the Revitalization of Healthy Family Systems

On this episode, we sit down with Emery Assiniboine, a Dakota social worker, artist, parent, educator, and cradle board maker from Long Plain First Nation.Emery shares her work helping in the revitalization of cradle boards, supporting Indigenous families, and reclaiming traditional parenting practices. Together, we discuss intergenerational healing, the impacts on native family systems, raising children in a good way, and the connection between healthy families, culture, and nationhood. This conversation explores parenting, kinship, identity, and the ongoing work of rebuilding Indigenous family systems for future generations.