Barbara K. Charbonneau-Dahlen Explained

Barbara K. Charbonneau-Dahlen
Honorific Suffix:	PhD, RN
Native Name:	Woksape Yunayewichayapi Win
Native Name Lang:	Lakota
Birth Date:	6 June 1952
Birth Place:	Olga, ND
Nationality:	Pembina Chippewa

Barbara K. Charbonneau-Dahlen PhD, RN, was an enrolled member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians. She was a tenured professor of nursing who advocated for indigenous recruitment into the nursing field and fought for those who have experienced sexual abuse. She earned both a Bachelor's and master's degree from University of North Dakota (UND). She completed the Family Nurse Practitioner certification program at UND^[1] and earned a doctorate from Florida Atlantic University Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing.^[2] She was a professor at Minnesota State University Mankato in the School of Nursing until her passing.^[3]

Charbonneau-Dahlen received ANA's 2002 Research Practice Award for her study, "Problems and Resources of American Indian Elders." She developed the Dream Catcher/Medicine Wheel Model^[4] which was implemented to recruit nurses through the Retention of American Indians into Nursing (RAIN) Program at the University of North Dakota.^[5] She filed a suit alleging abuse at St. Paul's Indian Mission School, in Marty, South Dakota.^[6]

Published work

• Moss . Margaret P . Tibbetts . Lorayne . Henly . Susan J . Dahlen . Barbara J . Patchell . Beverly . Struthers . Roxanne . Strengthening American Indian nurse scientist training through tradition: partnering with elders . Journal of Cultural Diversity . Summer 2005 . 12 . 2 . 50–55 . . 16028449.
• Henly . Susan J. . Struthers . Roxanne . Dahlen . Barbara K. . Ide . Bette . Patchell . Beverly . Holtzclaw . Barbara J. . Research Careers for American Indian/Alaska Native Nurses: Pathway to Elimination of Health Disparities . American Journal of Public Health . April 2006 . 96 . 4 . 606–611 . 10.2105/AJPH.2004.054239 . 16507731 . 1470529.
• . Charbonneau-Dahlen . Barbara K . Hope: The Dream Catcher-Medicine Wheel Retention Model for Diverse Nursing Students . Journal of Theory Construction & Testing . 19 . 2 . 2015 . 47–54.
• Charbonneau-Dahlen BK. Quilting a Field Pattern Portrait Using Butcher’s Methodology. Journal of Holistic Nursing. 2016;34(3):253-258. doi:10.1177/0898010115609249
• Charbonneau-Dahlen . Barbara K. . Lowe . John . Morris . Staci Leon . Giving Voice to Historical Trauma Through Storytelling: The Impact of Boarding School Experience on American Indians . Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma . 2 July 2016 . 25 . 6 . 598–617 . 10.1080/10926771.2016.1157843 . 146548071.
• Charbonneau-Dahlen . Barbara K. . A traditional American Indian death ritual: Developing nursing knowledge through aesthetic exposure . Nurse Education in Practice . January 2018 . 28 . 92–95 . 10.1016/j.nepr.2017.10.003 . 29055235.
• Charbonneau-Dahlen, Barbara PhD. Symbiotic Allegory as Innovative Indigenous Research Methodology. Advances in Nursing Science 43(1):p E25-E35, January/March 2020. DOI: 10.1097/ANS.0000000000000257
• Baldwin, J. A., Lowe, J., Brooks, J., Charbonneau-Dahlen, B. K., Lawrence, G., Johnson-Jennings, M., Padgett, G., Kelley, M., & Camplain, C. (2021). Formative Research and Cultural Tailoring of a Substance Abuse Prevention Program for American Indian Youth: Findings From the Intertribal Talking Circle Intervention. Health Promotion Practice, 22(6), 778-785. doi: 10.1177/1524839920918551

Further reading

• For Native American Clergy Sex Abuse Survivors, Justice is Elusive^[7]
• Panel rejects Native American boarding school victims' bill^[8]
• Women's History: Native Americans^[9]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Barbara Dahlen PhD Minnesota State University, Mankato, Mankato MSU Department of Health Science. University. Barbara DahlenMinnesota State. PhD. Mankato MSU · Department of Health Science 6 20 ·. ResearchGate. en. 2018-10-11.
2. Web site: Orvik . Jan . 2021-05-18 . Remembering Barbara Dahlen . 2024-01-26 . University of North Dakota . en.
3. Web site: Faculty & Staff – College of Allied Health and Nursing – Minnesota State University, Mankato. ahn.mnsu.edu. en. 2018-10-11.
4. . Charbonneau-Dahlen . Barbara K . Hope: The Dream Catcher-Medicine Wheel Retention Model for Diverse Nursing Students . Journal of Theory Construction & Testing . 19 . 2 . 2015 . 47–54 .
5. Web site: Barbara Dahlen PhD, RN. www.emfp.org. en. 2018-10-11.
6. News: Are Pedophiles Getting Free Pass in South Dakota? . 2018-10-11 . IndianCountryToday.com . en-US.
7. News: For Native American Clergy Sex Abuse Survivors, Justice is Elusive. Hilleary. Cecily. VOA. 2018-10-11. en.
8. News: Panel rejects Native American boarding school victims' bill. 2018-02-13. The Seattle Times. 2018-10-11. en-US.
9. News: Women's History: Native Americans. Daily Kos. 2018-10-11.