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  1. 1965
    Nuclear weapons tested in Aleutian Islands
    The Atomic Energy Commission begins detonating nuclear weapons on Amchitka Island, part of the Aleutian ...
  2. 1964–75
    42,000 Native men and women serve in Vietnam
    During the Vietnam War, more than 42,000 American Indians and Alaska Natives join the U.S. armed forces. ...
  3. 1962
    Apsáalooke (Crow) nurse recognized for lifetime of fighting abuses
    Susie Walking Bear Yellowtail, an Apsáalooke (Crow)/Lakota registered nurse, receives the President’s ...
  4. 1960
    Indian Health Service establishes pharmacy training
    The Indian Medical Center in Gallup, New Mexico, establishes the first pharmacy residency program in ...
  5. 1959
    Washington State challenges tribal treaty fishing rights
    Washington State authorities forcefully evict Puyallup, Nisqually, and other tribal subsistence fishermen ...
  6. 1959
    Congress mandates clean water, sanitary sewers for reservations
    Congress authorizes the Public Health Service to provide clean drinking water sources and waste disposal ...
  7. 1959
    Hawai‘i becomes a state; Native Hawaiian program funded
    Hawai‘i becomes the 50th of the United States. By the terms of the federal Hawaiian Admission Act, the ...
  8. 1957
    Congress funds hospital, clinic construction on reservations
    Congress appropriates funds for grants to tribal communities to construct hospitals to serve Indians ...
  9. 1957
    First ‘Gold Book’ report on Indian Health is published
    The Indian Health Service issues the “Gold Book,” its first annual report to Congress about its efforts ...
  10. 1957
    Emergency sanitation project becomes model for all reservations
    Congress funds an emergency sanitation project for the Elko Colony in Elko, Nevada, of the Te-Moak Tribe ...
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