Drees Laurie Meijer
First Nations Studies Department, Vancouver Island University.
Can Bull Med Hist. 2010;27(1):139-61. doi: 10.3138/cbmh.27.1.139.
Between 1945 and the early 1970s, both Indian Health Services in Canada (IHS), and the Alaska Native Health Service (ANS) initiated programs and activities aimed at recruiting and training nurses/nurses aides from Canadian and Alaskan Native communities. In Alaska, the Mt. Edgecumbe Hospital in Sitka acted as a training facility for Alaska Native nurses' aides, while in Canada, the Charles Camsell Hospital served a similar function. These initiatives occurred prior to the devolution of health care to Aboriginal communities. The histories of these two hospitals provide a comparative opportunity to reveal themes related to the history of Aboriginal nurse training and Aboriginal health policies in the north. The paper outlines the structure and function of two main hospitals within the Indian Health and Alaska Native Health Services, discusses the historic training, and role of Aboriginal nurses and caregivers within those systems using both archival and oral history sources.
在1945年至20世纪70年代初期间，加拿大的印第安卫生服务机构（IHS）和阿拉斯加原住民卫生服务机构（ANS）都启动了旨在从加拿大和阿拉斯加原住民社区招募和培训护士/护理助理的项目与活动。在阿拉斯加，锡特卡的埃奇库姆山医院充当阿拉斯加原住民护理助理的培训设施，而在加拿大，查尔斯·坎塞尔医院发挥着类似的作用。这些举措发生在医疗保健权力下放给原住民社区之前。这两家医院的历史提供了一个比较机会，以揭示与北方原住民护士培训历史和原住民卫生政策相关的主题。本文概述了印第安卫生服务机构和阿拉斯加原住民卫生服务机构内两家主要医院的结构和功能，利用档案和口述历史资料讨论了这些系统中历史上的培训情况以及原住民护士和护理人员的角色。
