1992: Native woman diagnosed with HIV becomes educator

Lisa Tiger, Muscogee Creek/Seminole/Cherokee, is diagnosed with HIV. She traces the infection to a boyfriend whom she dated in 1988 in her hometown of Muskogee, Oklahoma. She begins speaking and publishing about HIV/AIDS in American Indian communities across the U.S.

Theme

Epidemics, Medicine Ways

Region

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