The Sisters of Saint Ann open a mission hospital in Juneau and provide care to Alaska Natives. ... Medicine ...

The Yavapai doctor Carlos Montezuma (who was named Wassaja, “gathering” or “beckoning,” at birth) graduates ...

In Juneau, the Territory of Alaska's Bureau of Education opens the first hospital specifically for Alaska ...

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 ...

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

The Rosebud Sioux Tribe in South Dakota appoints a health committee, a model that other tribes soon ...

The Territorial Department of Health uses the ship the M/S Hygiene to deliver medical services to isolated ...

Village “chemoaide” program begins training Alaska Native volunteers living in remote villages to help ...

Congress establishes the Alaska Community Health Aide Program to train health workers for remote villages ...