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Native Hawaiian midwiferyVOA
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Maui native Ki'inaniokalani Kahoohanohano longed for a deeper connection to her Native Hawaiian ancestors and culture.
Colonialist suppression had eroded many Hawaiian traditions, and it was hard to find information on how the islands' Indigenous people honored pregnancy or childbirth.
Lawmakers enacted a midwife licensure law in 2019 , finding that the "improper practice of midwifery poses a significant risk of harm to the mother or newborn".
She is believed to be the first person in a century to give birth on her husband's ancestral lands in Kahakuloa , a remote west Maui valley.
The community is at least 40 minutes along winding roads to the island's only hospital.
Among the other plaintiffs are midwives she has helped train and women she has aided through birth.
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