Omaha Indian Dr. Susan LaFlesche Picotte from Durham History Museum

 Omaha Indian Dr Susan Laflesche Picotte was the first Native American woman to graduate from medical school.  She was the daughter of Omaha chief Joseph LaFlesche, "Iron Eye."  She graduated first in her class from the Women's Medical College in Pennsylvania.  She moved back to the Omaha Resefrvation where she became the reservation doctor.