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Postpartum Healing Lodge

Postpartum Healing Lodge is a training and technical assistance organization that serves tribal communities and Indigenous people across the US and Canada. Our work is centered on the revitalization of traditional cultural lifespan practices, including pregnancy, labor and birth, postpartum, and newborn parenting. We contribute to the healing and protection of Native women and children during life’s most precious rites of passage through systems-level advocacy, growing frontline community care workers, and expanding the public health workforce.

Our Programs and Services
Postpartum Healing Lodge was founded in November 2019. We offer a variety of training and technical assistance consulting services including highly sought-after doula training programs, professional trainings, community presentations and webinar, and health education curriculum and materials development. Our doula trainings include:
  • Indigenous Full Spectrum Doula Training
  • Indigenous Postpartum Doula Training
  • Indigenous Doula Practice and Models of Care
  • Grief and Bereavement Doula Support
  • Serving Special Populations 
Our full spectrum and postpartum doula trainings are approved to train and certify Medicaid-initiative doulas in the states of Michigan and Arizona. Since 2019, we have trained over 300 Indigenous and Black doulas around the world in both virtual and in-person settings. We currently offer fully-funded sponsored doula trainings only – to ensure that this vital kinship work continues in NDN Country with less barriers for aspiring and new doulas. 

Meet the Trainer

Raeanne Madison, MPH, is a crane clan citizen of the Bois Forte Band of Chippewa Indians. An Indigenous mother, auntie, doula, and health educator, Raeanne is the founding executive director of Postpartum Healing Lodge, and is honored to work alongside community partners, teachers, and elders in each community where Postpartum Healing Lodge is invited to train. Raeanne has been serving families in her community as a doula for nearly 17 years. She is a homeschooling mom of 3, a yoga teacher, and avid collector of Native American beadwork and earrings.

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Our Partners

We are proud to serve alongside many partners in NDN Country and beyond, including the Inter-Tribal Council of Michigan, Inc., Inter Tribal Council of Arizona, Arizona Maternal Health Innovations team, Dine Birthworker Collective, Center for Indigenous Midwifery, the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Program Midwest Region, Aunties on the Road, and the Michigan Breastfeeding Network. Additionally, we are honored to have worked with numerous public health agencies, health systems, higher education institutions, and individual tribes.

Upcoming Training Opportunities

Check back regularly for upcoming opportunities to learn with our team.

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