2021-04-262021-04-262020-06CARDOSO, Denise Machado; RIBEIRO, José da Silva. A trajetória de uma parteira do arquipélago do Marajó. Margens, online, v. 14, n. 22, p. 11-25, jun. 2020. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18542/rmi.v14i22.9642. Disponível em: http://repositorio.ufpa.br/jspui/handle/2011/13187. Acesso em:.1982-5374https://repositorio.ufpa.br/handle/2011/13187Midwives' knowledge is acquired in a traditional way and refers to their ancestry. In the municipality of Melgaço, Marajó archipelago, Brazilian Amazon, this activity has relevance and guarantees more humanized practices during the birth. The research on Maria da Silva, one of these midwives, objective aims to investigate its trajectory and was based on orality and the ethnography. Field research has shown that these practices are maintained due to the way in which birth is assisted, providing protagonism to the birthing woman.Acesso Abertohttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/br/MarajóParteiras tradicionaisOralidadeSaberes ancestraisMarajóTraditional midwivesOralityAncestral knowlegdeArtigo de Periódico10.18542/rmi.v14i22.9642