Wells, MadisonPaul, WillowMagnus, SabrinaFerguson, CréaAntoine-Allan, EmmaCrane, PiyêsiwHardy, ShannonPérez Piñán, AstridMonchalin, Renée2026-05-072026-05-072026Wells, M., Paul, W., Magnus, S., Ferguson, C., Antoine-Allan, E., Crane, P., Hardy, S., Perez Pinan, A., & Monchalin, R. (2026). The Fireweed Project: Community Report. Fireweed Project. www.fireweedproject.ca/community-reportsFireweed Projecthttps://hdl.handle.net/1828/23816Indigenous peoples (First Nations, Métis, and Inuit) on Turtle Island have long held knowledge about reproductive health that focus on choice, wholistic well-being, and community-based care. Before colonization, Indigenous people used traditional methods, such as herbal medicines, for birth control and abortion. These practices were suppressed by settlers, who labelled these methods as taboo or shameful. Settlers’ religious beliefs were imposed through assimilative tactics like the residential school system, which disrupted the intergenerational transmission of cultural knowledge, including about abortion. Settler-colonialism has distorted Indigenous understandings of reproductive health, misrepresenting the place of abortion and contraception in Indigenous society.enSexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) Aspiration Research ClusterReportSchool of Public Health and Social PolicySchool of Public Administration