The History of Native American Health Care
Category: Otro
Actualizado: 28 oct 2018
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Created byBhavya Sukhavasi
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Dawes Act of 1887Indian Vaccination ActRussian-American Company orders Native vaccinationsCalifornia Gold Rush brings miners and diseasesIndian Affairs moves to Interior Department; U.S. approach to tribes shiftsIndian Appropriations Act - Congress creates reservations to manage Native peoplesFort Laramie Treaty promises to provide health care, servicesTuberculosis is a leading cause of death in Indian CountryIndian Medical Association forms and dissolvesTuberculosis incidence tracked on reservationsGovernment hires medical workers to fight tuberculosisDollars allocated but promised health care remains distantSnyder Act - Congress funds American Indian health carePresident Ford signs Indian Health Care Improvement ActPeríodos
Unangan (Aleut) population declines furtherSmallpox, whooping cough strike the Great PlainsSmallpox decimates tribes - survivors join togetherSyphilis Outbreak compels Russian-American Company to mandeate medical treatment‘Spanish Influenza’ claims millions of lives
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