Native Breastfeeding Week - Interview With Jasha Lyons Echo-Hawk

Submit your question and we’ll answer it in a future episode!IT’S WORLD BREASTFEEDING MONTH!Did you know that the second week of World Breastfeeding Month is Native Breastfeeding Week? Native Breastfeeding Week was started in 2019.  Abby had the pleasure of talking to Jasha Lyons Echo-Hawk, the driving force behind Native Breastfeeding Week.  DO NOT miss this eye-opening, informational interview! If you are a new listener, we would love to hear from you.  Please consider leaving us a review on itunes or sending us an email with your suggestions and comments to [email protected] we talked about:Native Breastfeeding Week origin [4:51]Some Native history [15:00]Breastfeeding numbers…where are they? [27:50]Where are the Indigenous People? [28:40]Exclusive breastfeeding and cultural norms for Native people [43:00]Story of how one family supported breastfeeding [47:18]How many Native IBCLC’s are there? [54:11]Supporting Native breastfeeding/chestfeeding [58:16]IG- @nativebreastfeedingweekFacebook – Native Breastfeeding Week·       This episode is sponsored by Puracy and Boob Butter  Some cool articles for you to check out~https://lllusa.org/a-closer-look-at-native-breastfeeding-week/https://www.customink.com/fundraising/native-breastfeeding-week-2020Set up your consultation with Diannehttps://badassbreastfeedingpodcast.com/consultations/Follow our Podcast~https://badassbreastfeedingpodcast.comHere is how you can connect with Dianne and Abby~Abby Theuring  https://www.thebadassbreastfeeder.comDianne Cassidy http://www.diannecassidyconsulting.com Music we use~Music: "Levels of Greatness" from "We Used to Paint Stars in the Sky (2012)" courtesy of Scott Holmes at freemusicarchive.org/music/Scott Holmes