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Veronica Evaneshko Collection, 1950-1996.

NAU.MS.344
NAU.PH.2003.19

Descriptive Summary
Creator:	Evaneshko, Veronica
Collection Name	Veronica Evaneshko Collection,
Inclusive Dates:	1950-1996.
Physical Description	8 linear feet and one photograph collection.
Abstract	The Veronica Evaneshko Collection consists of numerous published resources on diabetes, especially related to the Navajo , Medical reports on other tribes are also included in the collection. There is data on all aspects of American Indian health, such as culture mores and sanctions, and how to introduce Western medicine gradually by mixing the traditional and the "contemporary." The majority of the collection includes many teaching tutorials and weight management guides for communities. Information on Otitis Media can also be found.
Collection Number	NAU.MS.344 NAU.PH.2003.19
Language	English.
Repository	Cline Library. Special Collections and Archives Department. Northern Arizona University Box 6022 Flagstaff, AZ 86011-6022 Phone: 928 523 5551 Fax: 928 523 3770 Email: Special.Collections@nau.edu

Biographical Note

Dr. Veronica Evaneshko graduated from Akron Central (High) School in New York in 1954. Three years later she completed her studies at the Craig Colony School of Nursing and began working as a staff nurse in the State Hospital for Epileptics. In 1959 Veronica moved to Arizona to work a stint at St. Joseph's Hospital. She then joined the Kennecott Copper Corporation as an Industrial Nurse, a position she held until 1966. The following year Veronica graduated from the University of Arizona with a BS with distinction in Nursing. In 1974 she wrapped up doctoral work in Anthropology. Veronica Evaneshko received the Arizona Foundation Teaching Merit Award that year. She became involved in the prestigious Sigma XI organization and served as the Associate Director of the Hypertension Control Program at the Arizona Heart Association.

In 1975 Veronica ventured to Wyoming to work for the Wyoming Commission for Nursing Education and Nursing Laramie. She was the Director of Feasibility Studies to Recruit Indians into Nursing. The same year, Veronica published her first article, "Exploring Recruitment and Retention of Indian Nursing Students." Later in the year she penned "Cognitive Analysis and Decision-Making in Medical Emergencies" with Eleanor Bauwens in the book Transcultural Health Care Issues and Conditions.

Veronica moved back to Arizona in 1977 to join the faculty at Arizona State University (ASU), as an assistant professor for the Nursing Department. At ASU she became involved with the Alcohol Abuse Multidisciplinary Committee. Veronica threw herself into numerous activities; the FIT committee, Maternal/Child Nursing Special Interest Group (chairperson from 1979-1983), and the Cultural Diversity Special Interest Group, where she labored as the secretary for a year. She wrote another essay, "Health Career Choices Among Wind River Reservation Indians" for Transcultural Nursing care: The Adolescent and Middle Years.

In the late 1980s Veronica accepted the data abstraction management assistant position for the Navajo  Area Indian Heath Services, Nursing Midwifery Branch. In the early 1990s Veronica accepted a three year contract with the Pascua Indian Health Department as a project director for the Health Promoter Program for Elder Diabetics. In 1992 she became the Principal Investigator for the Urban Indian Needs Assessment funded under the Traditional Indian Alliance. In 1994 she became the Principal Investigator for the Navajo  Case Management Studies at the Native American Research Center.

Scope and Content Note

The Veronica Evaneshko Collection consists of numerous published resources on diabetes, especially related to the Navajo , Medical reports on other tribes are also included in the collection. There is data on all aspects of American Indian health, such as culture mores and sanctions, and how to introduce Western medicine gradually by mixing the traditional and the "contemporary." The majority of the collection includes many teaching tutorials and weight management guides for communities. Information on Otitis Media can also be found.

The photograph collection contains photographs depicting daily life on the Navajo  Reservation. Individuals include Mary Louise Chee, Alice White, and Delbert White. Window Rock, Canyon de Chelley, Monument Valley, and Luchachukai are represented in the images.

Also contained in the photograph collection are educational slides for diabetes education and prevention. The program was created by Dr. Evaneshko, who produced these slides expressly to increase the awareness and treatment on the Navajo  Nation. Individuals depicted in the slides include Mary Louise Chee, Alice White, and Delbert White.

Organization

Restrictions

Restrictions

Reproduction of ceremonial images requires permission from the appropriate tribal cultural preservation office.

Copyright

It is the responsibility of the user to obtain permission to publish from the owner of the copyright (the institution, the creator of the record, the author or his/her transferees, heirs,legates, or literary executors). The user agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Arizona Board of Regents for Northern Arizona University, its officers, employees, and agents from and against all claims made by any person asserting that he or she is an owner of copyright.

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Veronica Evaneshko Collection, NAU.MS.344, Cline Library. Special Collections and Archives Dept.

Container List

Subject files related to Indian Health and Diabetes, 1950-1996.
Box-folder
1.1			Cultural Diversity-Nursing Teaching Modules, 1980-1989
Box-folder
1.2-6			Cultural Perspectives of Health and Illness, 1960-1993
Box-folder
1.7-8			Cultural Perspectives-Mental Health, 1956-1987
Box-folder
2.9-3.15			Cultural Values-Values Orientation, 1960-1982
Box-folder
3.16			Diabetes Bibliography, 1969-1979
Box-folder
3.17			Diabetes Care, 1972-1987
Box-folder
3.18			Diabetes Complications, 1984-1993
Box-folder
3.19-20			Diabetes-Factors Associated, 1962-1985
Box-folder
3.21			Diabetes-Health Ed, 1972-1992
Box-folder
3.22-4.24			Diabetes-Preganancy, 1950-1986
Box-folder
4.25-25b			Diabetes-Prevalence, Incidence, 1978-1989
Box-folder
4.26-5.30			Diabetes Rx, 1969-1992
Box-folder
5.31			Diabetes-Screening, Classification, Detection, Diagnosis, 1970-1985
Box-folder
5.32			Diabetes Teaching Modules, 1987-1990
Box-folder
5.33			Diabetes Native American Culture, 1975-1990
Box-folder
5.34			Diabetes-Gila River, 1981-1983
Box-folder
5.35			Diabetes-Navajo , 1957-1986
Box-folder
5.36			Diabetes-Pascua Yaqui, 1993
Box-folder
6.37-38			Diabetes-Pima Papago, 1966-1984
Box-folder
6.39-40			Diabetes-Toronto et al, 1969-1989
Box-folder
6.41			Diabetes Among the Upland Yuma Indians, 1971
Box-folder
6.42-43			Diabetes-Non Navajo  Indians,Non Caucasion, 1966-1988
Box-folder
6.44			Diabetes Mellitus-Blood Glucose, 1965-1985
Box-folder
6.45			Diabetes Mellitus-Blood Pressure, 1967-1986
Box-folder
6.46			Diabetes Mellitus Classification, 1976-1987
Box-folder
7.47-48			Diabetes Mellitus-Elderly, 1982-1992
Box-folder
7.48b			Type II Diabetes Ed, 1987
Box-folder
7.49-51			Diabetes Mellitus Management Guide, 1987
Box-folder
8.52-53			Diabetes Mellitus Rx, 1957-1994
Box-folder
8.54			Diabetes Mellitus Obesity, 1986-1991
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8.55			Diabetes Mellitus-Screening, Sureveys, General Questionnaires, 1977-1985
Box-folder
8.56-57			Diabetes Mellitus Thesis, Dissertation, 1988
Box-folder
8.58-9.62			Disabilities, 1979-1996
Box-folder
9.63			Elders Wellness Program, 1992
Box-folder
9.64-65			Hearing Disorders, 1974-1995
Box-folder
9.66-10.69			Hearing and Language, 1959-1993
Box-folder
10.70-72			Middle Ear Disease (Otitis Media), 1978-1995
Box-folder
10.73			Otitis Media and Language, 1976-1990
Box-folder
10.74-75			Blood Pressure, 1972-1995
Box-folder
11.76-77			Indian Cultural Issues- Health Care, 1961-1993
Box-folder
11.78-79			Urban Indian Health Care, 1976-1992
Box-folder
11.80			Indian Culture and Politics, 1951-1992
Box-folder
11.81			Indian Medicine, 1960-1978
Box-folder
11.82			Navajo -Traditional Rx-Cultural Issues, 1979-1992
Box-folder
11.83-12.84b			Indian Nutrition, 1965-1991
Box-folder
12.85-88			Nutrition-CulturalAspects, 1960-1992
Box-folder
13.89			Dietary Knowledge and Factors, 1979
Box-folder
13.90-14.96			Nutrition Teaching Modules, 1978-1991
Box-folder
14.97-98			Obesity BMI, 1973-1986
Box-folder
15.99-100			Indian Student, 1971-1976
Box-folder
15.101			Instrument Assignment-Type II, 1983-1986
Box-folder
15.102-103			Symptom Reporting, 1977-1995
Box-folder
15.104-16.108			Mental Health-Native Americans, 1968-1992
Box-folder
16.109-110			Traumatic Brain Injury-Native Americans, 1982-1994
Box-folder
16.111			Navajo  Bibliography, 1969
Box-folder
16.112			Navajo  Culture and Politics, 1967-1995
Box-folder
16.113			High Blood Pressure, Navajo  Pregnancy, Women, Mulligon, 1981
Box-folder
17.114			Racial Articles and Prints, 1976-1991
Box-folder
17.115			Reviewed Journal Articles, 1986-1987

NAU.PH.2003.19, Photographs: , 1950-1996
	This collection contains photographs depicting daily life on the Navajo  Reservation. Individuals include Mary Louise Chee, Alice White, and Delbert White. Window Rock, Canyon de Chelley, Monument Valley, and Luchachukai are represented in the images.
	Also contained in the collection are educational slides for diabetes education and prevention. The program was created by Dr. Evaneshko, who produced these slides expressly to increase the awareness and treatment on the Navajo Nation. Individuals depicted in the slides include Mary Louise Chee, Alice White, and Delbert White.
	Digital versions of parts of this collection are available online here.