Medicine Women - by Jim Kristofic (Paperback)
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Highlights
- In this detailed history Jim Kristofic traces the story of Ganado Mission on the Navajo Indian Reservation.
- About the Author: Jim Kristofic grew up on the Navajo Reservation in northeastern Arizona.
- 416 Pages
- History, Native American
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About the Book
In this detailed history Jim Kristofic traces the story of Ganado Mission on the Navajo Indian Reservation.Book Synopsis
In this detailed history Jim Kristofic traces the story of Ganado Mission on the Navajo Indian Reservation.Review Quotes
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 Diné 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 Diné bahane': The Navajo Creation Story
Kristofic demonstrates thorough research and includes intricate details and photographs, breathing life into the past with a sense of the scenery, peoples, and historical circumstances.--Farina King, New Mexico Historical Review
Kristofic is a fantastic storyteller.--The Taos News
The book is a history of the largest medical mission among the Diné (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 Diné 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
About the Author
Jim Kristofic grew up on the Navajo Reservation in northeastern Arizona. He has written for the Navajo Times, Arizona Highways, Native Peoples Magazine, and High Country News. He is the author of Medicine Women: The Story of the First Native American Nursing School and Navajos Wear Nikes: A Reservation Life. He lives in Taos, New Mexico.Dimensions (Overall): 9.0 Inches (H) x 9.3 Inches (W) x 1.1 Inches (D)
Weight: 1.3 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 416
Genre: History
Sub-Genre: Native American
Publisher: Unm Press
Format: Paperback
Author: Jim Kristofic
Language: English
Street Date: April 15, 2019
TCIN: 89048320
UPC: 9780826360670
Item Number (DPCI): 247-14-6070
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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