The positive duty to aid them: Segregated Health, Federal Responsibility, and the Mississippi Choctaws during the 1918-1919 Influenza Pandemic

Location

Barnard Observatory, Tupelo Room

Start Date

6-11-2019 12:00 PM

End Date

6-11-2019 1:00 PM

Publication Date

November 2019

Description

This lecture will discuss the influenza pandemic of 1918 that reinforced the need for a federal presence in the segregated South. In the following years, the Mississippi Choctaws marshaled that federal-tribal relationship to rebuild their land base and restore their sovereignty.

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Nov 6th, 12:00 PM Nov 6th, 1:00 PM

The positive duty to aid them: Segregated Health, Federal Responsibility, and the Mississippi Choctaws during the 1918-1919 Influenza Pandemic

Barnard Observatory, Tupelo Room

This lecture will discuss the influenza pandemic of 1918 that reinforced the need for a federal presence in the segregated South. In the following years, the Mississippi Choctaws marshaled that federal-tribal relationship to rebuild their land base and restore their sovereignty.