Native American News Alaska Native woman, ‘everybody’s helper,’ is Orthodox church’s first female North American saint Published: Jun. 26, 2025, 2:58 p.m.

As a child, La Flesche watched as a white doctor refused to treat a sick Native American woman. The experience shaped her, starting her on the path to becoming a doctor. The daughter of Joseph La ...

Native American News; Alaska Native woman, ‘everybody’s helper,’ is Orthodox church’s first female North American saint. Published: Jun. 26, 2025, 1:58 p.m. This image provided by the Diocese of Sitka ...

Native American News; First Native hospital, built by nation’s first Native doctor, to again care for Nebraskans. Published: ; Jun. 16, 2025, 12:25 p.m.

The building is dedicated to sharing the story of Dr. Susan La Flesche Picotte, who became the first Native American to earn a medical degree in 1889 and then returned to the Omaha reservation to ...