Charlene Smith, who is mostly of Oneida heritage but also Menominee, grew up in Milwaukee and calls herself a “city Indian.” She is also a retired nurse who has used Oneida practices in her healing. She knew she wanted to be a nurse when she saw her aunt, one of the first in her community to attend Sinai School of Nursing, wearing a crisp, white uniform. Charlene got her master’s degree in nursing and worked at the veterans medical center and what was then the Milwaukee Indian Health Center. She also worked for the county as a psychiatric nurse and with people with developmental disabilities. The family tradition continues, too. Charlene has two daughters, whom she sent to a Spanish immersion school and who now work in health care. One works with her on the Pink Shawl Initiative to help indigenous women in Wisconsin with breast cancer screenings and support after cancer diagnoses. Charlene is herself a breast cancer survivor. She believes that everyone has a gift and a responsibility to discover and use it in their lifetime.