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  1. 2003
    Traffic accidents kill many American Indians under age 44
    The Indian Health Service reports that American Indians/Alaska Natives are two to four times more likely ...
  2. 1997
    Diabetes called greatest threat to American Indians since TB
    Congress creates the Special Diabetes Program for Indians, due to the disease’s emergence as one of ...
  3. 1924
    Federal campaign targets trachoma
    The Office of Indian Affairs launches a campaign against trachoma, a serious bacterial eye infection ...
  4. 1917
    More Indians are born than die
    For the first time in 50 years, more Indians are born than die, as federal appropriations for medical ...
  5. 1915
    Schools must keep children healthy, Commissioner states
    American Indian parents grow anxious about the safety of sending their children to government boarding ...
  6. 1914
    Tuberculosis quarantine advised on reservations
    Office of Indian Affairs physicians urge Indian agents on reservations to quarantine Native persons ...
  7. 1909
    Despite quarantine, TB spreads in student populations
    Faced with continuing high rates of tuberculosis among Native students in boarding schools, the Office ...
  8. 1908
    Government hires medical workers to fight tuberculosis
    The Office of Indian Affairs hires part-time field matrons, who are trained in home economics, to work ...
  9. 1904
    Government assesses tuberculosis on reservations
    Tuberculosis continues to to be a major problem on reservations. U.S. Commissioner of Indian Affairs ...
  10. 1903
    Tuberculosis incidence tracked on reservations
    Around the turn of the century, reservations suffer epidemic rates of tuberculosis. The Native people ...
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