Nebraska Stories Against the Current & More
Season 7 Episode 2 | 28m 52sVideo has Closed Captions
The 1st Native American doctor, Vets write to heal their wounds and a cancer survivor revi
"Against the Current" As a child in frontier Nebraska, Susan La Flesche witnessed the death of a member of her tribe--because the agency doctor never showed up. The experience drove her to accomplish the seemingly impossible--to become the first Native American doctor and to build her own hospital on the Omaha reservation.
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Nebraska Stories is a local public television program presented by Nebraska Public Media
Nebraska Stories Against the Current & More
Season 7 Episode 2 | 28m 52sVideo has Closed Captions
"Against the Current" As a child in frontier Nebraska, Susan La Flesche witnessed the death of a member of her tribe--because the agency doctor never showed up. The experience drove her to accomplish the seemingly impossible--to become the first Native American doctor and to build her own hospital on the Omaha reservation.
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Nebraska Stories: Against the Current
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Clip: S7 Ep2 | 6m 51s | A profile of the first Native American doctor. (6m 51s)
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Clip: S7 Ep2 | 7m 31s | A brain cancer survivor revives her life through art. (7m 31s)
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Clip: S7 Ep2 | 4m 56s | Healing the wounds of war through the power of the pen. (4m 56s)
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