Medicine and Modes of Curing: Post-contact
At a glance:
- Series: American Indians Ready Reference
- Categories: Social Science, Medical and Health Issues
- Subcategories: Native Americans, American Indians
- Curriculum: American Indian History
- Geographical Location: Wisconsin, Alaska, New Mexico, Arizona, South Dakota, Montana, Utah, Minnesota, Washington
Article abstract: Meeting the health care needs of contemporary American Indians, especially those living on reservations, is largely the responsibility of the Indian Health Service
By the middle of the nineteenth century, the American Indian population had been decimated by three centuries of contact with Europeans and European Americans. Among the primary factors in this vast depopulation was the devastation caused by infectious European diseases (such as smallpox), against which Indians did not have immunity. Moreover, by the mid- to late nineteenth century,...
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