[8] In her book, Learning to Be an Anthropologist and Remaining Native, Medicine playfully attributed her multi-institutional career as a result of embracing the traditional roots of the Lakota: "as far as moving so often is concerned, I jokingly refer to the former nomadism of my people".
[3] Her lifelong commitment as a scholar and educator resulted in numerous publications, speeches, lectures, and studies, for many which Medicine received honourable accolades and awards recognizing her pursuits for equity in human rights.
[4][7] In 1974 Medicine testified alongside Vine Deloria Jr. as an expert witness in the federal case brought against those involved in the Wounded Knee incident.
[4][7] Medicine is survived by her sister Grace V Yardley, her son Ted Sitting Crow Garner, and her adopted daughter JoAllyn Archambault, who is also an anthropologist.
[3] This work examines the role of harmful Stereotypes of indigenous peoples of Canada and the United States in relation to alcoholism which Medicine originally presented in her 1969 article "The Changing Dakota Family and the Stresses Therein," in The Pine Ridge Research Journal.