Barbara_K._Charbonneau-Dahlen
Barbara K. Charbonneau-Dahlen
Pembina Chippewa advocate and nursing researcher
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]