La Flesche Sisters
St. Nicholas Magazine was perhaps the best known and one of the most highly regarded juvenile publications of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It was ...
Dr. Susan La Flesche Picotte
What We Found
Dr. Picotte’s House
The Dr. Susan La Flesche Picotte House, located at 100 Taft Street in Walthill, is a two-story home was built by Dr. Susan La Flesche Picotte (c. 1865 – 1916) in 1907 ...
Native American Heritage Month: Photo Collections
November is Native American Heritage Month and the pictures shown here are just a handful that we have in our collections. Our collections also include information about ...
Flashback Friday: Q&A with Joe Starita, author of A Warrior of the People, biography of Susan La Flesche, America’s First Indian Doctor
UNL professor and author Joseph Starita’s new biography, A Warrior of the People: How Susan La Flesche Overcame Racial and Gender Inequality to Become ...
Marker Monday: Bancroft
Our Historical Markers across Nebraska highlight fascinating moments and places in our state's past. Today, we're focusing on a marker that tells the story of Bancroft ...
Dr. Susan La Flesche Picotte, First Native American Woman Physician
If you could travel back in time to October 3, 1910, you might see Dr. Picotte opening the door to welcome White Horse, in need of advice on building a new ...
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