Susan LaFlesche Picotte Memorial Hospital

Dr. Picotte raised the $8,000 for William L. Steele's building from private donors. It took patients until the late 1940s, then served other purposes, and in 2018 the National Trust for Historic Preservation named it one of the country's most endangered historic places. A committee of her descendants and Umóⁿhoⁿ community leaders, formed in 2017, planned its restoration, and the Nebraska Medical Association helped raise $600,000. At an open house in June 2025 the Picotte Center reopened there, with an exam room, a mental health space, an exhibit on her life and a makers space for regalia.

What the plaque says

Susan LaFlesche Picotte Memorial Hospital This hospital was built in 1912 under the guidance of Dr. Susan LaFlesche Picotte, the first Native American woman physician, with the financial support of the Presbyterian Board of Home Missions and other donors. It served both Native American and white people. In 1988 the Susan LaFlesche Picotte Center was established here to commemorate Dr. Picotte as a model student, servant, healer, and leader. The hospital was named a National Historic Landmark in 1993. Susan LaFlesche Picotte Center, Inc. Nebraska State Historical Society

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Blackbird Scenic Overlook — 7.8 mi
  A pull-off on US-75 at Macy on the Umóⁿhoⁿ reservation, looking over the Missouri valley toward the hill where Wazhiⁿga' sabe, Blackbird, was buried after the smallpox of 1800.

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• Susan LaFlesche Picotte Memorial Hospital — 0.9 mi
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