Indian Girl

ID: 4758 ~ Source: Photo courtesy of the Spokane Public Library, Ned M. Barnes Northwest Room ~ Creator: Photo taken by Clair Hunt in 1911

This file appears in: Sanitarium Incinerator: Killing Germs and Destroying Culture

Colville Indian girl in traditional Native American regalia.

This file appears in: Sanitarium Incinerator: Killing Germs and Destroying Culture

Sanitarium Incinerator: Killing Germs and Destroying Culture

By Logan Camporeale

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…