1903: Tuberculosis incidence tracked on reservations

Around the turn of the century, reservations suffer epidemic rates of tuberculosis. The Native people and government agents on reservations begin sending letters to the U.S. Commissioner of Indian Affairs, William A. Jones, to raise alarm at the lack of adequate care. Jones responds by asking all government agencies doing work on Indian reservations to send him reports about the rates of the disease at their locations.

Theme

Epidemics, Federal-Tribal Relations

Region

California, Great Basin, Great Plains, Northeast, Northwest Coast, Plateau, Southeast, Southwest