She almost solitarily tended to those needs across hundreds of reservation miles in the 1950s and '60s for the U.S. Indian Service.
One of 10 children, Minnie King was born April 4, 1912, in Talladega County, Alabama. With so many mouths to feed, money was scarce in the King household and Minnie knew obtaining a higher education would be difficult.
When her marriage fell apart, Minnie and her daughter relocated to Nashville, Tennessee. She earned a bachelor of science degree in field health nursing from Nashville’s Peabody College. Minnie loved the scenic vistas she and her faithful driver , Sam, traversed across the reservation as she visited hogans where the sick and injured waited. With her territory ranging over distances of magnificent but desolate landscape, she often averaged 60 to 200 miles a day.She was once almost trapped by a flash flood, and during a bitter snowstorm, Minnie and Sam were stranded in the tiny community of Leupp about 50 miles south of the Grand Canyon.
Minnie also worked with expectant mothers to ensure they were getting enough nutrition for their infants.
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