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1940: Doctors leave reservations to enlist

Office of Indian Affairs physicians and surgeons begin leaving Indian reservation hospitals to serve in the U.S. armed forces. The resulting staffing shortages on reservations limit access to medical care for American Indians.

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Federal-Tribal Relations
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Arctic, California, Great Basin, Great Plains, Northeast, Northwest Coast, Plateau, Southeast, Southwest, Subarctic