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Subject(s)

• Dentists—United States—Biography [Browse]
• Indigenous peoples of North America—Biography [Browse]
• Dentists [Browse]
• Blue Spruce, George [Browse]
• Indigenous Studies [Browse]

Related name

• Durrett, Deanne, 1940- [Browse]

Library of Congress genre(s)

• Biographies [Browse]
• Personal narratives [Browse]

Rare books genre

• Biographies [Browse]

Series

American Indian lives [More in this series]

Summary note

George Blue Spruce Jr., the first recognized Native American dentist, describes his upbringing in a Pueblo community, his education, the challenges he faced, and his efforts to communicate the needs of Native Americans to the United States government.

Notes

Includes index.

Contents

• Those who came before me
• Those who paved my way
• Campus brats, cousins, and the lessons of life
• Formal education, hard knocks, and rewards
• Creighton years
• Finally : Doctor Blue Spruce
• Lieutenant Blue Spruce, USN
• Indian Health Service dentist
• From the wilds of Montana to New York City
• Merchant Marines
• Back to school
• Off to South America
• Back in the States
• Special assistant, Bureau of Health Manpower Education
• Career change : the "money man"
• King of the hill
• Finally : director of the program closest to my heart
• Assistant Surgeon General
• Come, follow me
• To those who hold our future.

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ISBN

• 9780803213739 ((cloth ; : alk. paper))
• 0803213735 ((cloth ; : alk. paper))

SuDoc no.

U5000 T943 .0034 -2009

LCCN

2009018552

OCLC

318408968

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