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Rita Pitka Blumenstein (born 1936) was the first certified traditional doctor in Alaska. She works for the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium. Blumenstein has been a member of the International Council of 13 Indigenous Grandmothers—a group of spiritual elders, medicine women and wisdom keepers—since its founding in 2004.〔Schaefer (2006) p. 2〕 ==Early life== Born to her recently widowed mother who lived in the village of Tununak, Nelson Island, Alaska, Blumenstein was born while her mother was in a fishing boat.〔Schaefer (2006) pp. 43–46〕 Blumenstein felt angry not having her father around when she was a girl, because he died a month before she was born.〔Schaefer (2006) p. 46〕 Blumenstein was given a Yup'ik name means 'Tail End Clearing of the Pathway to the Light'—Rita sees the poetry in the name as she regards herself as being born during "the tail end of the old ways".〔Schaefer (2006) p. 45〕 Blumenstein's healing abilities were recognised by the wise elders (grandmothers) of her tribe from an early age. Blumenstein began healing at the age of 4.〔 At the age of 9, Blumenstein's great-grandmother gave her thirteen eagle feathers and thirteen stones to give to the International Council of 13 Indigenous Grandmothers. Years later, when the International Council of 13 Indigenous Grandmothers convened for the first time, Blumenstein passed out these precious objects to the rest of the members with tears in her eyes.〔Schaefer (2006) pp. 48–49〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rita Pitka Blumenstein」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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