Susan La Flesche Picotte established the first hospital on a reservation, the site of which became a national historic landmark in 1993. La Flesche Picotteās life and work are detailed in the biography A Warrior of the People: How Susan La Flesche Overcame Racial and Gender Inequality to Become Americaās First Indian Doctor (2016) and a 2020 PBS documentary short. In 2021 a life-size statue of La Flesche Picotte was installed in Lincoln, Nebraska.
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