Rita Pitka Blumenstein (1936 – 6 August 2021) was the first certified traditional doctor in Alaska. She worked for the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium. Blumenstein was 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.
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1936 Tununak, Nelson Island, Alaska
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6 August 2021 (aged 85)
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