When the tribes got to the reservation in 1856, the federal Indian agents were then 100% responsible for feeding them and caring for their health needs. I have documented in numerous essays that the federal government was slow to appropriate funds for the reservation, even when they had treaties, and that hunger and starvation was a major issue on the reservations. As well, I have documented that illnesses and diseases were also a major problem on the reservations. For the over 2000 Indians at Grand Ronde, there was only one doctor, and while there was a hospital it was limited, … Continue reading Medicinal Plants of the Rogue Rivers at Grand Ronde, 1858