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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 1, 1914)
2 THE CHEM AW A AM ERICAN “ “ Seminoles, Fla. Two sta tio n s------------------------------------- -- “ “ 2000 Hopi, Oreiba, A rizona.--------------------------------------------- Home for Aged Women. Porcupine Creek, S. Dak--------- Mission to 2 000 Piegans, Montana. . . ...... ...........- - - -------- -------------- “ “ Walapai, Ariz. (S chool)------------------------------------------------- “ “ Spokanes, W ashington------------------------------------------------------ “ “ Uncompagre Vtes. — ------------------------------------------------------- “ “ Hopi, at First Mesa, Arizona--------------------------------------------- “ “ Hopi, at Second Mesa, Arizona----------------------------------------- “ “ Hoopas, N. C a l.---------------------------- ---------------------------- “ at Martinez, Cal--------------------------------------------------------------- “ to Navajos, Two Gray Hills, N. M .------------------------------------- . “ “ Shasta Co. Indians, Cal------------------------------------------------ Navajo Hospital built, Jewett, N. M---------------------------------------------- Work at Sitka, Alaska. ------------------------------------------------ Mission to Yum asin Cal,---------------------------------------------------------------- “ “ Hopi at Moen Copi, Arizona------------------------------------- “ “ Navajos at Tul>a, Arizona-------------------------------------- ------ “ “ Navajos at Chin Lee, Arizona, ----------------------------------------- “ in Greenville Chapel reo p en ed .------------------------------------------- “ to Apache Mojaves, McDowell, A rizo n a.------------------------------ “ “ Piutes, Nev. ------------------------------------------------------------------ “ “ Klamatlis. Ore------------------------------------------------ “ “ Navajos, Indian Wells, Arizona---------------------- The Good Samaritan Hospital, for the Navajos at Indian Wells. Arizona ...1891 .1892 .1892 ...1893 1894 ...1894 ___ 1897 ___ 1895 ___ 1897 ..1896 ___ 1896 ___ 1898 ___ 1899 1899 ___ 1887 ___ 1901 ___ 1902 ___ 1903 ___ 1903 ___ 1903 ___ 1903 . . . . 1907 ___ 1908 ___ 1910 built 1912 T h e latest of these, the Good Sam aritan H ospital, located at Indian W ells, A rizona, was erected in the sum m er and fall of 1912, and was partially occupied on Septem ber 15th of th at year when the medical su perin ten d en t established reaidence there and oegan cam p w ork. 'I he hospital w ards were opened for p atients and the dispensary was ready for medical treatm en t on April 1, 1914. T he central portion of th is building contains on the ground floor a reception room , n u rses’ room s, dispensary, kitchen and d in in g ro o m and a closet for medical supplies, linens, etc. T he second story of this portion of the b u ilding consists of one large room . A t eith er side of the central portion are hospital w ards, the m e n 's w ards to th e left and the w om en’s to the rig h t. In front of each w ard is a sleeping porch. T h e b u ilding is provided w ith m odern conveniences such as baths and h eatin g plant. Of all of the agencies em ployed by the G overnm ent or by volunteer w orkers for the civilization and Christianization of any prim itive people the m odern hospital has come to be recognized as one of th e m ost ef fective. W h at is tru e of prim itive people generally is tru e of the In dians. T herefore, th is, the latest of th e m issions established by the N ational In d ian A ssociation, located in the m idst of the g reat N avajo trib e has a rem arkable field of w ork. T h at the N avajos respond cordially to the efforts of those in charge of the hospital is evidenced bv th e following
