Indian Removal Era Begins 1828-1849

1842-1850s

Russian-American Company forces medical treatment on Alaska Native women

Chart of Kodiak, Alaska, with detailed insets of areas around dwelling places. Image: University of Alaska Archives Fairbanks
Chart of Kodiak, Alaska, with detailed insets of areas around dwelling places. Image: University of Alaska Archives Fairbanks

Russian traders had forced Alaska Native women into prostitution. When syphilis spreads in the New Archangel and Kodiak region, the Russian-American Company forces Alaska Native women to undergo treatment in order to prevent transmission of syphilis to Russian traders (Native Voices, "1842–50s: Russian-American Company compels medical treatment of Native women").

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