Trachoma, a serious bacterial infection of the lining of the eyelids, is a leading cause of blindness. ...

In legislation commonly known as the Snyder Act, Congress authorizes funds for “the relief of distress ...

The U.S. Signal Corps establishes a radio network to link Alaska Native villages with doctors and nurses ...

The Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace open the Little Flower Hospital in Ketchikan to serve all members ...

Inspired by the high rate of American Indian enlistment during World War I, President Calvin Coolidge ...

The Office of Indian Affairs creates a separate medical division to administer the growing number of ...

The Office of Indian Affairs begins hiring professional field nurses to care for Native peoples on reservations.

Named after Peter Trimble Rowe, who heads the Anglican Church in Alaska, Bishop Rowe Hospital opens ...

After a century of the federal government moving American Indians onto reservations with inadequate ...

The Office of Indian Affairs begins a national campaign in 1924 to eliminate the infectious eye disease ...