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Dilly Adsuna (Alaska Native)Breast
Dx 2003
- 1st found Lump
- Ask Questions
- Chemotherapy
- Chemotherapy & Radiation
- Family Support
- Medicaid and IHS
- Side Effects of Chemo
- Traditional Medicine - "Stink Weed"
Sarah S. Allman (Oglala Sioux)Cervix
Dx 1970
- Chemotherapy / Hairloss
- Pre-diagnosis Knowledge
- Radiation Transportation / Treatment
- Recommendations for Others
- Sister with Cancer
Walter Austin - Northen Elder from Alaska
Papa Henry Auwae - Healer
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Viola Beyer (Turtle Mountain Chippewa)Uterus
Dx 1990
- Personal Reaction to Diagnosis
- Symptoms
- Side Effects / Reaction to Radiation
- Recommendation for Others (screening)
- Recommendations for other Providers
Katherine Big Hail (Crow)Breast
Dx 1993
Margo Boesch (Chippewa)Breast
Dx 1986
- Acknowledge the Sadness
- Diabetes, Diet, Exercise
- Exercise
- Found Lump Because of an Itch
- How Spirituality Helped Her
- Humor and Talking with Other Survivors
- Need to Acknowledge the Pain
- Prosthesis and Humor
- Surviving Cancer and Facing Challenges
Dorcas Bloom (Siberian Yupik)Breast
Dx 1998
- Hair Loss
- Hated mammograms
- Lump Found but did nothing about it!
- Not having mammogram cost her her breast
- Outlook on Cancer
- Traditional Medicine - "Stink Weed"
Vincent H. Bointy (Kiowa)Colon
Dx 1993
- Diagnosis
- Family
- Family2
- Message to Others
- Near death experience
- Outlook
- Support
- Traditional Medicine
- Vision
Delmar Boni - Native Healer
Maxine Brings Him Back (Oglala Lakota)Cervix/Breast
Dx 1978/2002
- Clinical Trials / Native Issues
- Clinical Trials / Importance
- Clinical Trials / Types
- Clinical Trials / Informed Consent
- Clinical Trials / Importance
- Communication / Poor (Provider) Communication
- Communication / Welcome
- Spirituality - Ceremony
Ruthie Burgess (Muskogee Creek / Seminole tribes)Cervix/Breast
Dx 1988/1992
- Cancer Helped Me
- Chemotherapy (it "IS" worth it)
- Doctor Explains
- Hair (small price to pay)
- Harder on the Family
- Improvements in Cancer Care
- Message to Others
- Prayers
- Side Effects
- Spirituality
- Try Not to get Depressed
- When Discouraged, Help Someone Else
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Mary Lou Calabaza (Santo Domingo Pueblo)Breast
Dx 1994
- Family Reaction
- Family & Friends Support
- Message to Others
- Message to Others 2
- Radiation
- Reaction to Diagnosis
- Recovery
- Spirituality - Prayers
- Symptoms
Charlene Capps (Caddo / Cheyenne)Ovarian
Dx 1991
- Awareness
- Family Support
- Outlook on Life
- Personal Reaction to Diagnosis
- Recommendation for Others
- Recommendation for Others
- Spirituality - Prayers
- Traditional Healing
Abe Conklin (Ponca / Osage)Prostate
Dx 1987
- Diagnosis
- Elders
- Message
- Message 2
- Recommendation for Others
- Spirituality
- Spirituality - Traditional Ceremonies
- Support - Family & Friends
- Symptoms
- Traditional Healing
- Treatment - Modern
- Treatment - Traditional
Bonnie Heavy Runner Craig (Blackfeet)Ovarian
Dx 1991
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Mary Lou Davis (Caddo / Cherokee)Breast
Dx 1993
- Coping with Treatments
- Family Reaction to Diagnosis
- Get a Second Opinion
- Message to Others
- Spirituality
- Spirituality - Prayers
- Support - Family
Ruth Demitt (Athabascan / Tanacross)Breast
Dx 1985
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Chuck Frederick (Chippewa)Prostate
Dx 1992
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Dora Garcia (San Felipe Pueblo)Kidney
Dx 1995
- Depression - (hurts recovery)
- Group Support
- Family Support
- Helping Others
- Personal Reaction to Diagnosis
- Recommendations for Others
- Spiritual Acceptance
Esterlene Gee (Muskogee / Creek)Breast
Dx 2002
- Insurance
- Let Family get involved
- Support from Friends
- Support from Friends
- Surgery and Radiation
- Symptoms
Michael T. George Sr. (Coeur d'Alene)Throat Cancer
Dx 2001
- Causes - alcohol and spit tobacco
- Chemotherapy / Radiation
- Family Acceptance
- Family Advocate
- Side Effects
- Symptoms
June Grant (Tatwa Maori)Breast
Dx 2002
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Laurie Cropley Hill (Tlinqit - Raven Clan)Stomach
Dx 1992
- Personal Reaction to Diagnosis
- Personal Reaction to Symptoms
- Recovery / Healing
- Spirituality - Native Traditions
- Surgery
- Symptoms
Ralaine M. Hinton (Passamaquod)Breast
Dx 2000
- Cancer as a Gift
- Diagnosis
- God Works through the Hands of Doctors
- Having Strength for Daughters
- Personal Reaction to Diagnosis
- Selecting your Doctor
George Hogan III (Crow)Colon
Dx 1992
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Jennie R. Joe, Ph.D. (Navajo)Breast
Dx 1988
- A Feeling of Urgency
- Chemotherapy
- Family and Friends
- Informed Consent
- Message to Others
- Personal Reaction to Diagnosis
- Risk Factors
- Spirituality - Traditional Healing
- Symptoms and Diagnosis
Thunderhand Joe (Apache)Pancreas
Dx 1990
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Mary P. Lovato (Santo Domingo Pueblo)Bone/Adult Lukemia
Dx /2004
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Christine Mangiantini (Italian)Inflammatory Breast
Dx 2003
Tobias Martinez (Mescalero Apache)Oral
Dx 1990
Linda Meanus (Warm Springs / Yakama)CRC
Dx 2004 (stage 3)
- Message to Others
- People don't talk about Cancer
- Personal reaction to Diagnosis
- Spritual Healing
- Support from others
- Support from the Native Circle
- Symptoms
Candi Miller (Haida)Breast
Dx 1994
- Family and Friends
- Message to Others
- Outlook on Life
- Personal Reaction to Diagnosis
- Reconstruction Surgery
- Social Support Group
- Support from her Husband
- Traditional Medicine
- Treatment
Rosa L. Miller (Tlinget / Auk Kwan)Breast
Dx 1984
Vivian Mini (Devils Lake Sioux)Breast · Dx 1969
Ovarian · Dx 1988
Jeannie Harris Morris (Yupik)Lung
Dx 1994
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Mary Nance (Kickapoo / Hispanic)Breast
Dx 2000
- Choices for Treatment
- Communication - Assertive
- Communication - Doctor
- Natural Complementary
- Pain - Pain Journal
- Pain - Rights & Resonsibilities
- Pain - Keys to Management
- Pain - Welcome
- Pain - Rights & Resonsibilities
- Pain - Barriers to Management
- Wisdoms from others
Abigail Nashoolpuk (Inupiak)Colon
Dx 1991
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Michael Palfy III (Oglala Sioux)Bone
Dx 1988
Rose Poncho (Laguna Pueblo)Renal
Father
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Martha J. Red Willow (Oglala Sioux)Breast
Dx 1989
Angela Russell (Crow)Breast
Dx 1987
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Alice W. Scott (Inupiaq Fish River)Colon
Dx 1984
Lorraine "Punkin" Shanaaquet (Potawatamie / Ojibwa )ADVOCATE
Caroline Shubert (Fish River Inupiaq)Breast
Dx 1988
John Shopteese (Prairie Band Potawatamie)Prostate
Dx 2005
Doug Six Killers St. Clair (Cherokee / Shoshone)Lymphoma
Dx 1990
Carolyn Spotted Horse (Crow)Breast
Dx 1992
Gloria Suazo (Taos Pueblo)Breast
Dx 1994
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Cyndi Thornton (Western Cherokee)Breast
Dx 1990
Caren Trujillo (Yaqui)Advocate - Family
Evelyn Trujillo (Yaqui)Breast
Dx 1992
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Bertha "Bunny" Underwood (Athabascan Tribe)Oral
Dx 1970
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Arlene Wahwasuck (Prairie Band Potawatomi)Breast
Dx 2002
Scott Walz (Chippewa)Rectal
Dx 1992
- Chose to live with diseases
- Communication - Assertive
- Communication - Welcome
- Treatment - Before Treatment
- Treatment - Welcome
- We are all dying of something
Ruby Wells (Cherokee Nation of OK)Breast
Dx 2001
Dennis Whiterock (Navajo)Multiple Myeloma
Dx 2005
- Appealed - got approved - now state won't pay bills
- Diagnosis
- Doctors' missed diagnosis -IHS won't pay bills
- Going to IHS CHS doctor
- Recommendation to Others
- Recommendation to Others
- Treatment - Thalidomide
CeCe Whitewolf (Confederated Tribes of Umatilla)Breast
Dx 1998
- Caring for a dying mother
- Caring for stepfather & final will
- Daily living and caring for cancer patient who is dying
- Do the things you want to do before you die
- Family angry to not be informed about the cancer
- HIPAA form to allow CHR to talk with your family
- Let others help you
- Mother dying
- Mother died; children say eagles; CeCE not afraid of death anymore
- Support Organizatons
Annie Krause Williams (Yupik)Breast
Dx 1992
Thompson Williams (Caddo / Comanche)Colon
Dx 2009
- A Fathers Responsibility
- Cost of Care and Delays
- Colonoscopy and First Results
- Deciding to Get a Colonoscopy
- Deciding to Sign the Surgery Form
- Don't be Embarrassed by Surgery
- Explaining Surgery to his Youngest Son
- Family Reaction to Diagnosis
- First Diagnosis
- First Symptoms
- Hardest Part of the Cancer
- Hope and Courage
- Learning about the Colon
- Learning of Family History of Cancer
- Message to Others
- Prayers and Ceremonies
- Repeat Symptoms and Second Colonoscopy
- Something Serious, Time for Surgery
- Surgery
- Talking Circle
- This is for Real
Roseanne Wyman (Mohawk)Uterine/Cervix
Dx 1987
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