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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.

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The book presents a clear, readable narrative that is layered with detail.--Rebecca Tannenbaum, Medical History Medicine Women contributes to an engaging body of work that values oral history and emphasizes storytelling in historical analysis.--Gianna May Sanchez, Journal of Arizona History In Medicine Women, Jim Kristofic adeptly combines archival research with good, old-fashioned storytelling. He draws readers into this world through Dine leader Ganado Mucho, trader Juan Lorenzo Hubbell, US government representatives in the territory, and the varied inhabitants of the land--native, Hispanic, and white.--Nancy J. Taylor, Director of Programs and Services, Presbyterian Historical Society Jim Kristofic offers a veritable twentieth-century saga of the rise and eventual eclipse of the Presbyterian Mission school, hospital, and nursing program at Ganado against the background of Juan Lorenzo Hubbell's success as an Indian trader in a unique part of the Native world. In telling of the triumphant confluence of missionary dedication and Navajo endurance against the unrelenting pressure of post-World War II change, he offers a moving story equal to the power of Thomas Gray's unforgettable 'Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard.'--Paul G. Zolbrod, author of Dine bahane': The Navajo Creation Story Kristofic is a fantastic storyteller.--The Taos News The book is a history of the largest medical mission among the Dine (Navajo people), 1902-1969, and its crown jewel, the first Native American nursing school. You'll find herein appealing portraits of mission staff and students, both Dine and non-, and feel the triumphs and failures of an oasis of learning.--Klara Bonsack Kelley, coauthor of Navajo Sacred Places The scope of Jim Kristofic's new book is really of epic proportions, an intriguing, accessible history of the Ganado Mission on the Navajo reservation in northeast Arizona.--Albuquerque Journal

The book is a history of the largest medical mission among the Dine (Navajo people), 1902-1969, and its crown jewel, the first Native American nursing school. You'll find herein appealing portraits of mission staff and students, both Dine and non-, and feel the triumphs and failures of an oasis of learning. --Klara Bonsack Kelley, coauthor of Navajo Sacred Places Jim Kristofic offers a veritable twentieth-century saga of the rise and eventual eclipse of the Presbyterian Mission school, hospital, and nursing program at Ganado against the background of Juan Lorenzo Hubbell's success as an Indian trader in a unique part of the Native world. In telling of the triumphant confluence of missionary dedication and Navajo endurance against the unrelenting pressure of post-World War II change, he offers a moving story equal to the power of Thomas Gray's unforgettable 'Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard.' --Paul G. Zolbrod, author of Dine bahane': The Navajo Creation Story In Medicine Women, Jim Kristofic adeptly combines archival research with good, old-fashioned storytelling. He draws readers into this world through Dine leader Ganado Mucho, trader Juan Lorenzo Hubbell, US government representatives in the territory, and the varied inhabitants of the land--native, Hispanic, and white. --Nancy J. Taylor, Director of Programs and Services, Presbyterian Historical Society The scope of Jim Kristofic's new book is really of epic proportions, an intriguing, accessible history of the Ganado Mission on the Navajo reservation in northeast Arizona. --Albuquerque Journal Kristofic is a fantastic storyteller. --The Taos News Medicine Women contributes to an engaging body of work that values oral history and emphasizes storytelling in historical analysis. --Gianna May Sanchez, Journal of Arizona History

Jim Kristofic offers a veritable twentieth-century saga of the rise and eventual eclipse of the Presbyterian Mission school, hospital, and nursing program at Ganado against the background of Juan Lorenzo Hubbell's success as an Indian trader in a unique part of the Native world. In telling of the triumphant confluence of missionary dedication and Navajo endurance against the unrelenting pressure of post-World War II change, he offers a moving story equal to the power of Thomas Gray's unforgettable 'Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard.' --Paul G. Zolbrod, author of Din bahane': The Navajo Creation Story The book is a history of the largest medical mission among the Din (Navajo people), 1902-1969, and its crown jewel, the first Native American nursing school. You'll find herein appealing portraits of mission staff and students, both Din and non-, and feel the triumphs and failures of an oasis of learning. --Klara Bonsack Kelley, coauthor of Navajo Sacred Places In Medicine Women, Jim Kristofic adeptly combines archival research with good, old-fashioned storytelling. He draws readers into this world through Din leader Ganado Mucho, trader Juan Lorenzo Hubbell, US government representatives in the territory, and the varied inhabitants of the land--native, Hispanic, and white. --Nancy J. Taylor, Director of Programs and Services, Presbyterian Historical Society

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Jim Kristofic grew up on the Navajo Reservation in northeastern Arizona. His award-winning books The Hero Twins: A Navajo-English Story of the Monster Slayers and Navajos Wear Nikes: A Reservation Life, are both published by UNM Press. He lives in Taos, New Mexico.

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