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1924: Professional nurses hired for reservations

The Office of Indian Affairs begins hiring professional field nurses to care for Native peoples on reservations.

Region: Arctic, California, Great Basin, Great Plains, Northeast, Northwest Coast, Plateau, Southeast, Southwest, Subarctic

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A family living on the White Earth Indian Reservation receive a call at home from a nurse.

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Members of the Navajo Nation study a chest x-ray as an Indian Health Service field nurse explains how to diagnose and treat tuberculosis.

Courtesy National Library of Medicine