The Navajo Way of Healing

In medical school, Lori overcomes her fear of a traditional Navajo taboo.

In medical school, Lori overcomes her fear of a traditional Navajo taboo and performs her first autopsy. Later, she seeks help from the healers of her tribe to learn “what a surgical residency could not teach me. “I’m looking at the ceremonies and thinking it’s like the mind is a hard drive and you’re defragging it or you’re cleansing it and it’s able to run smoother."

AIR DATE 10/31/16