OLYMPIA, Wash.-Graduating seniors and community and technical college students across the state have been awarded 2024 Washington Award for Vocational Excellence scholarships, including several in the Tri-Cities area.
As an Aboriginal woman, I felt the expectation to have children. All the while, I was in a battle which many face alone
Midwife Cherisse Buzzacott holds her baby. Facing expectation and pressure to have children, she struggled in the way that many do alone Photograph: Hannah Millerick/Supplied
Midwife Cherisse Buzzacott holds her baby. Facing expectation and pressure to have children, she struggled in the way that many do alone Photograph: Hannah Millerick/Supplied
Wed 12 May 2021 20.22 EDT
Last modified on Wed 19 May 2021 19.05 EDT
I told myself once I had my career, I would start a family. In my experience, in the Aboriginal context, there is the silent expectation to raise children. Culture relies on the expansion of our families to carry on our practices, our obligation to care for land and to care for our elders and ourselves when we grow old. I come from a relatively small family, in comparison to most, with a larger extended family. My grandparents had more than 10 siblin