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AUTHOR Gourneau, LindaTITLE Good Medicine for Our People..A Coloring Book about

Indians and Health Careers.INSTITUTION North Dakota Univ., Grand Forks. School of

Medicine.SPONS AGENCY Health Resources and Services Administration

(DHHS/PHS), Rockville, MD.PUB DATE [92)CONTRACT D18-MB00124-09NOTE 27p.PUB TYPE Guides Classroom Use Instructional Materials (For

Learner) (051)

EDRS PRICE MF01/PCO2 Plus Postage.DESCRIPTORS American Indian Education; *American Indians; *Career

Education; Elementary Education; *Health Occupations;Health Personnel; Higher Education; MedicalEducation; Nursing

IDENTIFIERS Coloring Books; *Medicine Men; Traditional Healing

ABSTRACT

The Indians into Medicine (INMED) program helpsIndian students to attend college and earn degrees in health carefields. Developed by INMED, this coloring book for children conveysthrough pictures and picture captions the message that AmericanIndians can become health professionals, and that healthprofessionals are needed by the Indian people. Pictures portraymedicine men and women; their relationship with plants and animals;their training; traditional healing and ceremonial practices; lifebefore the White man; the White man's arrival accompanied by unknownsicknesses; the need for young people to enter health careers; andthe work of nurses, doctors, and medical technologists. (SV)

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GOOD MEDICINEFOR OUR PEOPLE

A COLORING BOOKAbout Indians and Health Careers

Written and Illustrated byLinda Gourneau, Mandan, Hidatsa, Arickara

For the Indians Into Medicine (INMED) ProgramSchool of Medicine

University of North Dakota501 N. Columbia RoadGrand Forks, ND 58201

(701) 777-3037

Gary Farris, Cherokee, DirectorJames N. Beiswenger, Information Officer

This publication is funded through Grant No. D18 MB00124-09,Health Resources and Services Administration

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The medicine men and women took good care of theirpeople.

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They began their training early in life.Y0

They learned to use plants and animals to make medicines.

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Ceremonial songs

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The healing of the sweat lodge

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Food and clothing were plentiful.i 4

Indian people lived healthy lives in harmony with nature.

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The white man came to North America.

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The white man brought unVown sickness.

Today Indian people have only a few medicine men, butmany new diseases.

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We need young people like you to train in today'smedicine to maintain good health for our people.

There are many health careers to choose from.

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An R.N. is a registered nurse. An R.N. checks your Woodpressure and monitors other vital body signs.

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An M.D. is a doctor. A doctor examines you to keep youhealthy, or to see what may be making you ill.

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A medical technologist examines blood samples and otherspecimens. Technology is an important part of modernmedicine.

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These people (M.D., R.N., Med. Tech.) and many otherhealth professionals work together to keep you healthy.

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You can become a health professional and help keepIndian people healthy.

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The INMED program assists many Indian students attendingcollege and earning degrees in the health cam field. INMED meansIndians Into Medicine. The turtle is the program's symbol becauseit represents good health or long life among many tribes.

For more information, contact:INMEDUND School of Medicine501 N. Columbia RoadGrand Forks, ND 58201

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