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Index Page references in italics indicate illustrations ; photographic inserts are listed in italics by the text page preceding the insert followed by the photographic plate number. Aberdeen sd, as bia Area Office, xii, lxxiii, 2, 10, 53 Adams, A. M., 194, 247 Adams, Alex, 46 Adams, Joe, 46, 64 Adams, Mr., 89, 90 adoption ceremony, 230 Afraid of Bear, Mrs., 171 Afraid of Horses, 84 Afraid of Horses, Amos, 209 Afraid of Horses, Frank, 38, 209, 323 Afraid of Horses, Pugh Young Man, 209, 222, 251 Ahrlin, Dr., 300, 301 Aid to Dependent Children, 78, 82, 204, 283, 285 Aid to Families with Dependent Children, 129, 172 Alaska, 94, 107, 250 alcohol, xv, 12, 25, 134, 135, 168, 274, 275, 325 alcoholic gastritis, 307 Allen, Mr., 167 American College of Surgeons, 222, 303, 313, 316, 341n2 American Horse, 242 American Horse, Ben, 65, 84, 118, 214 American Red Cross, liii amputations, 11, 29 Anderson, Marian, xvii aortic valve murmurs, 24 apnea, 57 appendectomy, 69, 107, 211, 301, 321 Aquinas, Sister, 274, 276 Army-McCarthy hearings, 225, 303, 341n3 Artichoker, Johnny, 194 Ashley, Victoria, 128 asthma, 218 automobiles, xxvii, xlv Baca dancers, 244 back pain, 198 badger, 50 Bad Wound, 65 Bailey, Dr., 274, 276 Bald Eagle Bear, Peter, 322 Ball, Suzan, 214 Barnes, Mrs., 297–98 beadwork, 61–62, 188, 290, 323 Beard, Dewey, 221–22 Bear Robe, Charles, 179–80, 237, 239 Bear Runner, Oscar, 74, 102, 103 Bear Shield, 84 Bergen, Bill, 141 Bernard, Sister, 308 Berry, E. Y., 73, 80, 90, 172, 260, 275, 297, 312 Bertsch, Otto G., 95, 131, 204, 215, 216 Big Boy, Henry, 322 Big Road, Mark, 216 Big Thunder, Joseph, 12 “Bimson Report,” 97, 100, 124, 199, 338n2 Black Crow, Ada, 188 Black Elk, xiv, 125 Black Elk, Ben, 125, 126, 133, 158 352 Index Black Elk, Henry, 109 Black Feather, Mrs., 117 Blindman, Nettie, 22 Blood Struggle: The Rise of Modern Indian Nations (Wilkinson), xix Blue Bird, 323 Blue Bird, Julia, 170 Blue Bird, Mrs., 170 Blue Horse, 80, 155, 156 bone fractures: car accidents, 26, 100, 109; finger, 133; horse riding accidents, 27; Indians removing casts, 296, 307; intramedullary nail, 71; jaw, 308; leg, 196, 256; open reduction with plate, 38; rodeo injuries, 12, 13, 118, 261 Booth, Edwin, 16 bootleggers, 25, 70, 154, 158, 171, 177, 275 Bordeaux, Sophie, 232 Bores a Hole, George, 196 Borglum, Gutzon, 21 Borglum, Lincoln, 21 boss farmers, xix–xx, 147, 167 Boyle, Hal, 241, 243, 259 Brady, Wilson: borrowing money, 260–61; as cedar chief, 184; as dancer, 178; in full costume, 244; hiding and locking up food, 177, 245; at peyote meetings, 171, 176, 180, 182, 189, 207, 216, 219, 233, 240, 272 Bragg, Jubie, as dentist, 128, 194 Bragg, Robert: emergency cases, 192–93; ending tour at Pine Ridge Hospital, 252, 263, 276; professional meetings attended, 251; temporary duty on other reservations, 231, 250; tour as Pine Ridge Reservation physician, 42, 45, 194 Brands, Allen J., 68–69, 251, 252 Brave, William, 241 Brennan, James, xli, xlv, xlvi, liv, 230 Brewer, Charlene, 304 Brewer, Mrs. Joe, 88 Brown, Georgie, 211 Brown, John A., lxii, lxiii, lxvi, lxix; Esther Ross, lxvi; Half-Sun on the Columbia, lxvi Brown, Victor, 211 Brown Bull, Vera Mae, 224 Brown Eyes, Philip, 128, 171 Brust, Mr., 128 Bryde, John, 205 Buckingham, Earl, 241, 248 buckskin, 59, 62, 64, 212, 323 Buechel, Father Eugene, 132, 136–38, 153, 229, 230 buffalo: in Custer State Park, 150, 151, 220; historic slaughter of, 69; jerky, 229; skulls and heads, 138, 240; Sun Dance symbol of, 240, 246; as warrior meat, 64; from Yellowstone Park, 73 Buffalo Bill’s Circus and Wild West Show, 118, 242 Bull Bear, Maine, 277 Bull Bear, Moses, 277 Bunch, Wayne, 206 Bureau of Indian Affairs (bia): Education Division, xxii, xxviii, 39; hiring reservation doctors, xxiv; Maintenance Department, 95; Medical Division, xxii, xxviii, 39; memoirs of officials, xvi; national hospitals and sanatoria, lviii–lix; Native American Church not recognized by, 125; pay and patient load of physicians, xxv; Rehabilitation policies, 165; Resources group, 247; Ruby’s experiences with, xiii; supervision of Indian health care, liv–lx; transfer of Indian health care to Public Health Service, lix–lx, 68; yearly costs for Pine Ridge, 201 Burns Prairie, 316 Cadotte, Verna, 310 Calamity Jane, 206 cancer, 155 Captain, 112–3; accompanying Rubys to and from Pine Ridge, xi, 1–2, 323; as “Cappie,” 306; on day trips with the Rubys, 225; dragging in trash, 19; as gift...

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