Two Row Times: Ojibwe child refuses chemo, wants traditional medicine instead

The McMaster Children’s Hospital in Ontario has called child protective services on a Native family whose daughter has been relying on traditional medicine.

The 11-year-old girl has been undergoing chemotherapy for a unique form of leukemia. Due to adverse side effects, she asked her parents to stop the treatments so she can receive Ongwehowe Onongwatri:yo: from a traditional healer on the Six Nations Reserve.

The hospital, however, said the girl is at risk and reported the family to the Children’s Aid Society. The agency now plans to meet with the New Credit First Nation to determine what to do next.

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Children’s aid steps in after 11-year-old trades chemo for native remedies (The National Post 5/15)
Dr. to Ojibwes, “anyone who says that traditional medicine works should be thrown in jail” (The Two Row Times 5/13)