Examples of Indian Vaccination Act in the following topics:
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- The invasion of North America by European powers had widespread effects on American Indian life.
- Smallpox proved particularly fatal to American Indian populations.
- By 1832, the federal government established a smallpox vaccination program for American Indians, known as the Indian Vaccination Act.
- It was the first federal program created to address a health issue among American Indians.
- The Indian Wars of the early 18th century, combined with the increasing importation of African slaves, effectively ended the American Indian slave trade by 1750.
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- The fight for American Indian rights expanded in the 1960s, resulting in the creation of the American Indian Movement.
- In 1965, the Voting Rights Act put an end to individual states claims on whether or not American Indians were allowed to vote through a federal law.
- Before the Voting Rights Act, many states had found ways to prevent American Indians from voting, such as residency or literacy requirements.
- With the passage of the Indian Civil Rights Act (ICRA) in 1968, also called the Indian Bill of Rights, American Indians were guaranteed - at least on paper - many civil rights.
- One of the primary advocacy organizations for American Indian Rights, the American Indian Movement (AIM), was also formed during the 1960s.
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- The Dawes Act authorized the President to survey Indian tribal land and divide it into allotments for individual Indians.
- The Dawes Act, also called General Allotment Act, or Dawes Severalty Act of 1887, adopted by Congress in 1887, authorized the President of the United States to survey Indian tribal land and divide it into allotments for individual Indians.
- The stated objective of the Dawes Act was to stimulate assimilation of Indians into American society.
- The act also provided that the government would purchase Indian land "excess" to that needed for allotment and open it up for settlement by non-Indians.
- Roosevelt administration supported passage in 1934 of the Indian Reorganization Act.
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- Promotion of hand washing, breastfeeding, delivery of vaccinations, and distribution of condoms are examples of public health measures.
- Hand washing for hand hygiene is the act of cleaning the hands with or without the use of water or another liquid, or with the use of soap, for the purpose of removing soil, dirt, and/or microorganisms .
- Vaccination is the administration of antigenic material (a vaccine) to stimulate an individual's immune system to develop adaptive immunity to a pathogen.
- Vaccines can prevent or ameliorate morbidity from infection.
- The effectiveness of vaccination has been widely studied and verified; for example, the influenza vaccine, the HPV vaccine, and the chicken pox vaccine.
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- The resolution established that Congress would pass termination acts on a tribe by tribe basis.
- Most such acts included the cessation of federal recognition and all the federal aid that came along with that designation.
- These actions affected more than 12,000 American Indians or 3% of the total American Indian population.
- In 1975, Congress had implicitly rejected the termination policy by passing the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act, increasing tribal control over reservations and assisting with funding to building schools closer to the reservations.
- Indian houses and farms on the Laguna Indian reservation, Laguna, New Mexico (March 1943).
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- The Dawes Act, also called General Allotment Act, or Dawes Severalty Act of 1887, adopted by Congress in 1887, authorized the President of the United States to survey Indian tribal land and divide it into allotments for individual Indians.
- The stated objective of the Dawes Act was to stimulate assimilation of Indians into American society.
- The act also provided that the government would purchase Indian land "excess" to that needed for allotment and open it up for settlement by non-Indians.
- The Curtis Act of 1908 completed the process of destroying tribal governments by abolishing tribal jurisdiction of Indian land.
- Roosevelt administration supported passage in 1934 of the Indian Reorganization Act.
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- I do by these presents require, all officers of the United States, as well civil as military, and all other citizens and inhabitants thereof, to govern themselves according to the treaties and act aforesaid, as they will answer the contrary at their peril.
- The cultural assimilation of American Indians was an assimilation effort by the United States to transform American Indian culture to European-American culture between the years of 1790 and 1920.
- It established American Indian boarding schools that children were required to attend.
- The Civilization Fund Act of 1819 promoted this policy by providing funding to societies (mostly religious) who worked on American Indian "improvement."
- These societies encouraged the assimilation and Christianization of American Indians.
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- The Indian Removal Act of 1830 set the stage for the forced relocation of American Indians from the east to the west.
- The Indian Removal Act was signed into law by President Jackson in 1830, and it had a profound and devastating impact on the lives of Americans.
- For American Indians, the Removal Act brought death and destruction.
- Congress opened a fierce debate on an Indian Removal Bill.
- Jackson's Removal Act called for relocation of all tribes to lands west of the river.
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- The expenses from the French and Indian War caused the British to impose taxes on the American colonies.
- After the French and Indian War, the British needed to find a way to repay war debt.
- The Sugar Act of 1764 reduced the taxes imposed by the Molasses Act, but at the same time strengthened the collection of the tax.
- Following the Quartering Act, Parliament passed one of the most infamous pieces of legislation: the Stamp Act.
- Parliament repealed the Stamp Act but passed the Declaratory Act in its wake.
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- The immune response, including the recognition of cancer-specific antigens, is of particular interest in this field as knowledge gained drives the development of new vaccines and antibody therapies.
- Lymphocytes act as sentinels in recognizing and eliminating continuously-arising, nascent transformed cells.
- The study of these viruses and their role in the development of various cancers is still continuing; however, a vaccine has been developed that can prevent infection of certain HPV strains, and thus prevent those HPV strains from causing cervical cancer, and possibly other cancers as well.
- Injection immunotherapy uses mumps, candida the HPV vaccine or trichophytin antigen injections to treat warts (HPV induced tumors).