Sort by:
Results 1 - 10 of 11
  1. 1910
    Territorial hospital just for Alaska Natives opens
    In Juneau, the Territory of Alaska's Bureau of Education opens the first hospital specifically for Alaska ...
  2. 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 ...
  3. 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 ...
  4. 1939
    Providence Hospital opens in Anchorage
    The Sisters of Providence establish a large Providence Hospital in Anchorage. The hospital serves both ...
  5. 1945
    Ship carries medicine, doctors to southeast Alaska
    The Territorial Department of Health uses the ship the M/S Hygiene to deliver medical services to isolated ...
  6. 1964
    Formal training and salary for physicians’ aides
    Village “chemoaide” program begins training Alaska Native volunteers living in remote villages to help ...
  7. 1968
    Government trains midwives for remote villages
    Congress establishes the Alaska Community Health Aide Program to train health workers for remote villages ...
  8. 1975
    Native American medical students organize
    The Association of Native American Medical Students, an organization representing Native American graduate ...
  9. 1993
    Traditional Alaska Native midwives convene
    Chugachmiut, a 20-year-old nonprofit organization that works to advance the social, economic, and cultural ...
  10. 1997
    New hospital replaces 1950s IHS medical center in Anchorage
    The new Alaska Native Medical Center replaces the Anchorage Medical Center built by the Indian Health ...
1 · 2