About this campaign
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This year marks the 8th celebration of Indigenous Milk Medicine Week (IMMW)?held annually August 8?14th during National Breastfeeding Month, just after World Breastfeeding Week. Sponsored and hosted by the Indigenous Milk Medicine Collective (IMMC), IMMW is a vibrant virtual space for cultural celebration, education, and advocacy led by and for Indigenous communities.
Indigenous Milk Medicine Collective is a grassroots, Indigenous?led collective committed to uplifting Native first food experiences, cultural wellness, and equity in Indigenous milk practices. Our work is a labor of love - unstoppable, intergenerational, and deeply rooted in ceremony, sovereignty, and kinship.
Visit our website for more information. Stay tuned for this year's program agenda! - TBA
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This Year?s Theme: We Keep the Fires Lit: Rising Through Milk Medicine
Our 2026 theme honors Indigenous lactation as an expression of continuity, collective care, and living cultural practice. Fire represents responsibility, tending what sustains life: our knowledge, our families, and our future generations.
Even amid hardship and shifting challenges, Indigenous communities rise through brilliance, adaptation, and relationship. First foods carry memory and medicine forward, nourishing not only our bodies and our babies, but the continuity of our communities.
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2026 Featured Artist
Julianne Denny (Cree, Ojibway, Mi?kmaq)
This year?s IMMW shirts feature artwork by the talented Julianne Denny (Cree, Ojibway, Mi?kmaq), a multidisciplinary Indigenous artist, lactation counselor, and birthworker who raises her family in the Rocky Boy community. Julianne's roots stem all the way to Membertou First Nation in Nova Scotia, Canada. Her artwork for IMMW 2026 beautifully captures the essence of connection, kinship, and the strength of Indigenous families.
Artist Inspiration
?I was inspired by my Native American Church practices for this artwork ? the fireplace in the morning when the sun is rising ? the most sacred moment of the day when women bring in water ? when the fire holds hues of blue and purple over white hot glowing charcoals ? the smell of cedar burning.? ? Julianne Denny
Facebook and Instagram: @Morningstarworkz
Please visit her pages on Facebook and Instagram at @Morningstarworkz to show her some love for the incredible work she created for this year?s celebration.
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What Your Purchase Supports
Proceeds from our annual fundraiser support continued Indigenous Milk Medicine programming, including:
- Educational sessions
- Sunrise ceremonies
- Movement & healing spaces
- Storytelling
- Cultural celebration
- Virtual conference access
- Speaker honoraria
- Technology support
- The behind?the?scenes work that brings our communities together across distances and generations
New This Year...Your support also helps us host our first?ever in?person convening called,
"Gathering for Indigenous Milk Medicine"
Oklahoma City, OK ? November 2026 | More details on the way!
Funds raised through sponsorships and this Bonfire campaign will help make this historic gathering possible.
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Stay Connected
- View this year?s schedule of events (Coming soon)
- Register for the free, virtual Indigenous Milk Medicine Conference! (Link dropping soon)
- Follow the Indigenous Milk Medicine Collective Facebook page, Instagram and website for updates.
Overall, thank you for your support, your love, and your commitment to keeping Milk Medicine alive. Together, we keep the fires lit. Together, we nourish life.
?The Indigenous Milk Medicine Collective
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