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Author Kristofic, Jim, 1982- author.

Title Medicine women : the story of the first Native American nursing school / Jim Kristofic
Published Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2019
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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 396 pages)
Contents Foreword: Ghosts in the graveyard -- Prologue: The last night -- Peace time on bad soil -- The red house man -- Greenhorn clergymen -- Like real men -- Mechanical tendencies of mind -- The house with the pointed top -- The walking doctor -- Into a large place -- Water from the rock -- These dark-minded Indians -- A miracle in five million pounds of gray stone -- Practicing medicine in the desert -- Red women in white -- The flying lady -- The Indian child is not capable -- Fast slipping away -- No longer feel suspicion -- Both feet out of the grave -- We can begin yesterday afternoon -- A nest of stars -- An oasis in the desert -- Teenagers first, Navajos second, Indians incidentally -- Adventurous, challenging, and enchanting -- English only -- The waste places -- Work with them day to day -- When she leaves it the task is done -- A slave camp -- A flower of our civilization -- Out into the country -- This situation has run the length of its course -- The Ganado Mission High School -- They had no other choice -- We have reached a critical point -- A colorful eroded desert place -- Epilogue: Chusk'eh Daa : at the bank's edge
Summary "After the Indian wars, many Americans still believed that the only good Indian was a dead Indian. But at Ganado Mission in the Navajo country of northern Arizona, a group of missionaries and doctors--who cared less about saving souls and more about saving lives--chose a different way and persuaded the local parents and medicine men to allow them to educate their daughters as nurses. The young women struggled to step into the world of modern medicine, but they knew they might become nurses who could build a bridge between the old ways and the new. In this detailed history Jim Kristofic traces the story of Ganado Mission on the Navajo Indian Reservation. Kristofic's personal connection with the community creates a nuanced historical understanding that blends engaging narrative with careful scholarship to share the stories of the people and their commitment to this place"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 15, 2019)
Subject Sage Memorial Hospital (Ganado, Ariz.). School of Nursing -- History
Ganado Mission (Ganado, Ariz.) -- History
SUBJECT Ganado Mission (Ganado, Ariz.) fast
Subject Nursing schools -- Arizona -- Ganado -- History
Indian nurses -- Arizona -- Ganado -- History
Navajo women -- Education -- Arizona -- Ganado -- History
Navajo Indians -- Medical care -- Arizona -- Ganado -- History
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Holism.
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Reference.
MEDICAL -- Alternative Medicine.
MEDICAL -- Atlases.
MEDICAL -- Essays.
MEDICAL -- Family & General Practice.
MEDICAL -- Holistic Medicine.
MEDICAL -- Osteopathy.
Indian nurses
Navajo Indians -- Medical care
Nursing schools
Arizona -- Ganado
Genre/Form Electronic books
History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2019005109
ISBN 0826360688
9780826360687
Other Titles Story of the first Native American nursing school