A Bureau of Indian Affairs poster about the dangers of the eye disease trachoma, 1937.

One of the findings of the 1928 Meriam Report was that Indian people suffered many more instances of trachoma than found in the general population of the United States. This was attributed to poor hygiene practices on reservations, but it was also rooted in the boarding schools, where children lived in cramped quarters and received inadequate healthcare.

Citation Information
Department of the Interior, “Trachoma,” Digital Public Library of America, https://dp.la/item/795dc282d31aef467bc33f29bd2a6905.
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Courtesy of National Archives and Records Administration.

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