Also gaining a reputation on the national literary scene is White Earth poet Kimberly Blaeser , whose latest book of poetry, Trailing You is very briefly reviewed here . P erhaps the most difficult and demanding accomplishment by a White Earth citizen has been that of Kathleen Annette, the first Minnesota Ojibwe woman to become a medical doctor. There are still not many Native women doctors at all, the long, difficult and academically demanding courses of study tend to shunt them into lower-level health care professional education. Annette currently administers the regional Indian Health Service Office at Bemidji . She has also written an important and influential analysis on the retribalization of scattered and disheartened tribal peoples.
E ngineering is possibly the hardest profession for any woman to enter.
Perhaps some local relatives will be able to supply more info about her early life on the rez. R ecently retired after a long and inspiring career in Indian education is White Earth member Will Antell. Clyde and Vernon Bellecourt, brothers from White Earth, are also among the founders of AIM, which was started in Minneapolis in 1967 and formally incorporated in 1970. These leadeers all remain active in the cause of indigenous peoples' rights and local programs, despite serious heart problems that both Bellecourt brothers have had. H ere's a recent photo of Dennis with a Northwest Coast drum, playing at a benefit performance held August 1996 at the Indian market in Santa Fe.