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1962 Apsáalooke (Crow) nurse recognized for lifetime of fighting abuses
1media/Screen Shot 2022-10-19 at 5.08.45 PM_thumb.png2022-10-20T00:09:03+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a4912Susie Walking Bear Yellowtail, an Apsáalooke (Crow)/Lakota registered nurse, receives the President’s Award for Outstanding Nursing Health Care. In 1930, she began traveling to reservations across the U.S. to learn about the condition of Indian health and to advocate for political action. She witnessed the forced sterilization of Crow women. On the Navajo reservation, she found that gravely ill Navajo children were literally dying on the backs of their mothers, who walked 20 miles or more to reach the nearest hospital. These experiences inspired her to dedicate her life to fighting abuses in the Indian health care system.plain2022-10-20T00:19:12+00:001962Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49