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1920 Wounded Knee survivor dies of influenza, syphilis Zinkala Nuni, Lakota, who survived the Wounded Knee Massacre as a baby, dies at age 29 from influenza, ... |
1918–19 ‘Spanish Influenza’ claims millions of lives American Indians and Alaska Natives are among the tens of millions who die in the Spanish Influenza ... |
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 ... |
1915 Schools must keep children healthy, Commissioner states American Indian parents grow anxious about the safety of sending their children to government boarding ... |
1914 Tuberculosis quarantine advised on reservations Office of Indian Affairs physicians urge Indian agents on reservations to quarantine Native persons ... |
1912 Trachoma poses blindness risk in the West A U.S. Public Health Service study finds that 22.7 percent of Native Americans, roughly 72,000 people, ... |
1909 Despite quarantine, TB spreads in student populations Faced with continuing high rates of tuberculosis among Native students in boarding schools, the Office ... |
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 ... |
1904 Government assesses tuberculosis on reservations Tuberculosis continues to to be a major problem on reservations. U.S. Commissioner of Indian Affairs ... |
1903 Tuberculosis incidence tracked on reservations Around the turn of the century, reservations suffer epidemic rates of tuberculosis. The Native people ... |