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1922 Radio connects remote Alaska villages to medical advice The U.S. Signal Corps establishes a radio network to link Alaska Native villages with doctors and nurses ... |
1924 American Indians granted U.S. citizenship Inspired by the high rate of American Indian enlistment during World War I, President Calvin Coolidge ... |
1924 Medical division established in Office of Indian Affairs The Office of Indian Affairs creates a separate medical division to administer the growing number of ... |
1924 Professional nurses hired for reservations The Office of Indian Affairs begins hiring professional field nurses to care for Native peoples on reservations. |
1925 Emergency vaccine delivery helps stop diphtheria in Alaska After the deaths of two Iñupiaq children, Dr. Curtis Welch realizes that diphtheria is spreading in ... |
1927 Clean water, sewers needed on most reservations After a century of the federal government moving American Indians onto reservations with inadequate ... |
1928 Airplane transports rural patients to Anchorage The first air transport service for the sick and injured begins in Alaska. Its first flight brings patients ... |
1931 Alaska Native health care transferred to U.S. Office of Indian Affairs The U.S. Office of Indian Affairs takes over responsibility for Alaska Native health care from the Territory ... |
1934 Commissioner calls for religious freedom for American Indians Commissioner of Indian Affairs, John Collier, issues a circular on American Indian religious freedom, ... |
1935 Tuberculosis vaccine tested on American Indians American Indians are invited to enroll in an experimental study to determine the effectiveness of a ... |