Meet the first Native American doctor and the women who follow in her footsteps.
Susan La Flesche Picotte (1865-1915) studied medicine in the late nineteenth century. She graduated and returned home to serve as a doctor to her Omaha tribe. Today, others are also following in her footsteps, Like Susan, these modern day medicine women from the Omaha, Lakota and Navajo tribes continue the work of healing in the face of disease, suicide and mental illness impacting their communities.
2016
Not Rated, 56 mins., Closed Captions (CC) in English
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