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  1. 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 ...
  2. 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 ...
  3. 1915
    Schools must keep children healthy, Commissioner states
    American Indian parents grow anxious about the safety of sending their children to government boarding ...
  4. 1914
    Tuberculosis quarantine advised on reservations
    Office of Indian Affairs physicians urge Indian agents on reservations to quarantine Native persons ...
  5. 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, ...
  6. 1909
    Despite quarantine, TB spreads in student populations
    Faced with continuing high rates of tuberculosis among Native students in boarding schools, the Office ...
  7. 1903
    Overcrowding, poor ventilation contribute to deaths in boarding schools
    Indian boarding schools are built hastily or adapted from existing barracks, and officials bring Native ...
  8. 1898
    Boarding-school epidemics sicken students and kill many
    The superintendent of the Fort Hall Industrial Boarding School in Idaho, George Gregory, advises in ...
  9. 1898
    Milk served to Indian students to ward off tuberculosis
    The Office of Indian Affairs issues rules for food service at off-reservation boarding schools: “good, ...
  10. 1890
    Native population plunges
    In the U.S., Native population falls to an all-time low. The 1890 census records 237,196 Native people— ...
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