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Medicine women the story of the first Native American nursing school
—Kristofic, Jim, 1982- author.
2019

Daisy Sound Recording

"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. Adult.

Item Details

Edition: Daisy edition.

Description:

  • 1 DAISY disc (17 hours 41 minutes) : sound ; 12 cm
  • 4 3/4 in.
  • digital DAISY
  • audio file MP3 DAISY 2.02

Notes:

  • Female narrator.
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
  • Access restricted to persons who are visually impaired or physically disabled and cannot use conventional print materials.
  • Narrated by: Jo Chapman.
  • Digital talking book. 2 levels and 45 navigation points. Digitally mastered.
  • Requires IBM PC or compatible; double speed or faster CD-ROM drive; sound card and sound output device; DAISY playback software or DAISY talking book player. Also plays in CD-MP3 player or computer with MP3-capable software.
  • Recorded from: Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2019. 9780826360670.
  • DAISY 2.02 standard; MP3 compression at 32 kbps.
  • NM1A DNM00550

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.

LCCN: 20219956510

Publisher or Distributor Number: DC5828009

Control Number: 3315184

Publisher: Santa Fe : New Mexico Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, New Mexico State Library, 2019.
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