Linda Aranaydo

Dr. Linda Susan Aranaydo (Muscogee Creek, born 1948) is an award-winning Native American physician.[1] She was one of the original landing party that arrived on November 9, 1969, setting the stage for the Occupation of Alcatraz.[2] When the students returned to the island on November 20th, she taught in the school and worked with Luwana Quitiquit (Pomo) to run the kitchen for the occupants.[3][4]

Recognizing the health issues related to her Muscogee Indian Tribe, as a single mother of two Aranaydo decided to get a B.A. in social sciences at University of California, Berkeley.[1] She taught school for a decade before earning an M.D. at the University of California, San Francisco.[1][5] After earning her M.D., she worked in a variety of careers, from being a provider at Native American clinics, providing technical assistance to Native American clinics, direct, individual teaching services to Indian clinics.[1]

Dr. Aranaydo's work to help her Native American community avoid preventable diseases earned her the David Vanderryn Award for Outstanding Community Service as a Family Physician in 1995. She has served on several councils and boards, including the Governor's Task Force on Early Childhood Education in 1977, the California State American Indian Education Council from 1978 to 1980, and is the current Director of Medical Services for the California Rural Indian Health Board.[1]

References
  1. "Dr. Linda Susan Aranaydo". Changing the Face of Medicine. National Library of Medicine. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
  2. Chavers, Dean (Autumn 2019). "Alcatraz Is Not an Island". World Literature Today. Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma. 93 (4): 61. doi:10.7588/worllitetoda.93.4.0061. ISSN 0196-3570. OCLC 8264389429. Archived from the original on 17 August 2020. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  3. Smith, Paul Chaat; Warrior, Robert Allen (2010). Like a Hurricane: The Indian Movement from Alcatraz to Wounded Knee (Large Print ed.). New York, New York: The New Press. p. 464. ISBN 978-1-4587-7872-7.
  4. "Education in Progress". Intertribalgatherings.org. 1970. Archived from the original on 28 August 2020. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  5. Chavers, Dean (April 10, 2016). "Richard Nixon's Indian Mentor". Indian Country Today. Washington, D.C. Archived from the original on 28 August 2020. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
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