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  1. 1919
    Native Hawaiian herbalists told to aid researchers
    The territorial legislature authorizes a Hawaiian Medicine Board to license Native Hawaiian herbalists, ...
  2. 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 ...
  3. 1909
    Native Hawaiians lose access to Western medical care
    After Governor Walter Frear privatizes Queen’s Hospital, white physicians and businessmen gain control ...
  4. 1909
    Queen seeks to help Hawaiian orphans
    Queen Liliu‘okalani establishes a third Ali‘i Trust, dedicating her land and money to build an institution ...
  5. 1905
    Native Hawaiian healing practices are outlawed
    While the Hawaiian monarchs swung back and forth between restricting Native healers, known as kahuna , ...
  6. 1903
    Hawai‘i suffers first dengue epidemic
    An epidemic of dengue fever kills 30,000 people living on the islands. The disease is caused by any ...
  7. 1901
    Tuberculosis hospital established in Honolulu
    In Hawai‘i, Le‘ahi Hospital is opened on O‘ahu, primarily for tuberculosis care. ... Epidemics ... Hawai‘i ... Le‘ahi ...
  8. 1900
    Native Hawaiians oppose U.S. annexation
    Nearly half the Native Hawaiians sign a petition to Congress opposing annexation. Liliu‘okalani, the ...
  9. 1900
    Honolulu destroyed in ‘The Great Fire’
    For three weeks, buildings are systematically torched by order of the Honolulu Board of Health as a ...
  10. 1899
    Bubonic plague diagnosed in Honolulu’s Chinatown
    After a shopkeeper in Honolulu’s Chinatown is diagnosed with the bubonic plague, the Territory of Hawai‘ ...
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