Alva Review-Courier -

WALTHILL, Neb. (AP) — For decades, the mostly vacant structure with the leaky roof at the top of a steep hill was known mostly as "the old hospital" or simply the "old white building."

Few people knew the amazing backstory — that it was once a hospital, founded by the nation's first Native American physician, a humble woman who braved harsh weather to minister to her tribe, as well as the white settlers, on northeast Nebraska's Omaha Indian Reservation, the Omaha World-Herald reported.

Now, a new effort is underway to restore the three-story, 33-room building to honor the legacy of Dr. Susan L...