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  1. 1924
    American Indians granted U.S. citizenship
    Inspired by the high rate of American Indian enlistment during World War I, President Calvin Coolidge ...
  2. 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 ...
  3. 1924
    Professional nurses hired for reservations
    The Office of Indian Affairs begins hiring professional field nurses to care for Native peoples on reservations.
  4. 1927
    Clean water, sewers needed on most reservations
    After a century of the federal government moving American Indians onto reservations with inadequate ...
  5. 1928
    New hospital serves Alaska Natives along Yukon River
    The U.S. Bureau of Education builds a 20-bed hospital in Mountain Village to serve the Alaska Native ...
  6. 1928
    Government underreports American Indian deaths
    Lead investigator Lewis Meriam publishes The Problem of Indian Administration , documenting the failure ...
  7. 1930s
    Yukon River boats provide health services
    M/V (Motor Vessel) Yukon brings physicians to the lower Yukon. The M/S Hygiene and M/V Health provide ...
  8. 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 ...
  9. 1932
    New hospital on Unalaska serves Unangan (Aleut)
    The Office of Indian Affairs opens a hospital on Unalaska in the Aleutian Islands chain. The hospital ...
  10. 1934
    Commissioner calls for religious freedom for American Indians
    Commissioner of Indian Affairs, John Collier, issues a circular on American Indian religious freedom, ...
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