Sanitarium Incinerator
This file appears in: Sanitarium Incinerator: Killing Germs and Destroying Culture
Traditional Indian regalia was burned in this incinerator to kill the deadly germs of tuberculosis.
This file appears in: Sanitarium Incinerator: Killing Germs and Destroying Culture
Sanitarium Incinerator: Killing Germs and Destroying Culture
In 1915 tuberculosis struck the Spokane Indians hard. Four natives died and fifty more were suspected of having the disease. In response to the outbreak, the Indian Service used the site of the former…