Salish Indian Chiefs

ID: 4759 ~ Source: Photo courtesy of the Spokane Public Library, Ned M. Barnes Northwest Room ~ Creator: Photo taken by Frank Palmer in the early 1900s.

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

Group of seven Salish Indian chiefs in full traditional 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…