Doctor among the Oglala Sioux Tribe
Subtitle: the letters of Robert H. Ruby, 1953-1954
By: Robert H. Ruby ; edited and with an introduction by Cary C. Collins and Charles V. Mutschler.
Contributors: Collins, Cary C.; Mutschler, Chas. V. 1955-
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Lincoln
Language: eng
Number of pages: 366
ISBN-13: 9780803226258
Subjects: Ruby, Robert H. -- Correspondence; Pine Ridge Indian Hospital (S.D.) -- History -- 20th century; Oglala Indians -- South Dakota -- Pine Ridge Indian Reservation -- Social life and customs -- 20th century; Community life -- South Dakota -- Pine Ridge Indian Reservation -- History -- 20th century; Oglala Indians -- Medical care -- South Dakota -- Pine Ridge Indian Reservation -- History -- 20th century; Physicians -- Nebraska -- Pine Ridge Indian Reservation -- Correspondence; Whites -- Nebraska -- Pine Ridge Indian Reservation -- Correspondence; Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota -- History -- 20th century
Genres: Correspondence
Description: "In 1953 young surgeon Robert H. Ruby began work as the chief medical officer at the hospital on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. He began writing almost daily to his sister, describing the Oglala Lakota people he served, his Bureau of Indian Affairs colleagues, and day-to-day life on the reservation."--Inside jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: The deadliest war; title: Timeline of selected events in the life of Robert H. Ruby, MD; title: August 1953; title: September 1953; title: October 1953; title: November 1953; title: December 1953; title: January 1954; title: February 1954; title: March 1954; title: April 1954; title: May 1954; title: June 1954; title: July 1954; title: August 1954; title: September 1954; title: October 1954; title: November 1954; title: December 1954; title: Editors' postscript; title: Appendix.