Barbara K. Charbonneau-Dahlen PhD, RN | |
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Woksape Yunayewichayapi Win | |
| Born | June 6, 1952 Olga, ND |
| Died | May 7, 2021 (aged 68) |
Barbara K. Charbonneau-Dahlen PhD, RN (Ojibwe : Woksape Yunayewichayapi Win) was an enrolled member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians. She was a tenured professor of nursing who advocated for indigenous recruitment into the nursing field and fought for those who have experienced sexual abuse. She earned both a Bachelor's and master's degree from University of North Dakota (UND). She completed the Family Nurse Practitioner certification program at UND [1] and earned a doctorate from Florida Atlantic University Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing. [2] She was a professor at Minnesota State University Mankato in the School of Nursing until her death. [3]
Charbonneau-Dahlen received ANA's 2002 Research Practice Award for her study, "Problems and Resources of American Indian Elders." She developed the Dream Catcher/Medicine Wheel Model [4] which was implemented to recruit nurses through the Retention of American Indians into Nursing (RAIN) Program at the University of North Dakota. [5] She filed a suit alleging abuse at St. Paul's Indian Mission School, in Marty, South Dakota. [6]
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