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1889 First American Indian woman graduates from medical school The Omaha healer Susan La Flesch (later Picotte) graduates from the Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania. ... |
1889 Yavapai doctor advocates for Indian self-determination The Yavapai doctor Carlos Montezuma (who was named Wassaja, “gathering” or “beckoning,” at birth) graduates ... |
1896 Doctor consults medicine men to counter tuberculosis James R. Walker, the agency physician assigned to the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, finds ... |
1899 Henry Crow Dog II is born Henry Crow Dog II will become a traditional medicine man of the Lakota. Despite the individual land- ... |
1940 Rosebud Tribe in South Dakota appoints health committee The Rosebud Sioux Tribe in South Dakota appoints a health committee, a model that other tribes soon ... |
1975 Native American medical students organize The Association of Native American Medical Students, an organization representing Native American graduate ... |
1992 Native woman diagnosed with HIV becomes educator Lisa Tiger, Muscogee Creek/Seminole/Cherokee, is diagnosed with HIV. She traces the infection to a boyfriend ... |