Re-aired November 2018
She was Americas first Native doctor, breaking barriers of race and gender to heal her traumatized people. A century later, Native women from many tribes follow in her footsteps. How can they hope to mend wounds of body and spirit that history has created? And what have they learned about new ways of healing that can help us all?
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Growing Up with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
Dr. Lucy Reifel adopted Casey, born with severe fetal alcohol syndrome.
In her letters home, Susan La Flesche describes her fascination with medical school.
Loretta Bad Heart Bull is a Lakota medicine woman on the Standing Rock Reservation.
The Legacy of America’s First Native Doctor
Dr. Susan La Flesche Picotte responded tirelessly to the needs of her people.
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