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Abstract
The report contains information as of June 30, 1926. It contains a list by name of current male and current female patients, including their native tribes and reservations.
Dates
- Creation: 1926
Extent
0.21 Linear Feet (9 leaves)
Creator
- U. S. Asylum for Insane Indians. Canton, S. D. (Organization)
Physical Location
Materials stored onsite. History of Medicine Division. National Library of Medicine
Language of Materials
Collection materials primarily in English
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Historical Note
The Canton Indian Insane Asylum, aka Hiawatha Insane Asylum, was a federal facility for Native Americans located in Canton, South Dakota, between 1898 and 1934. In 1898, Congress passed a bill creating the only 'Institution for Insane Indians' in the United States. The asylum opened to patients in December 1902. The asylum was the second federal institution for the insane, predated only by Saint Elizabeths in Washington, D.C. The asylum had two superintendents. The first, a former Canton mayor and U.S. congressman, O.S. Gifford (1901-1908) and Dr. Harry R. Hummer (1908-1934).
The asylum builings were razed in the 1940s. The National Park Service added its cemetery to the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.
Collection Summary
The report contains information as of June 30, 1926. It contains a list by name of current male and current female patients, including their native tribes and reservations. A list provides the total number of patients, by tribe, in 1926 and since the asylum's opening. The population is totaled by sex both for 1926 and since the asylum's opening. A table notes the total number of admissions annually, by fiscal year from 1903 through 1926. Reasons for patient discharge and their totals are also listed by fiscal year from 1903 through 1926. A chart details the causes of all deaths at the asylum since its opening. Forms of mental disease are identified by type as well as patients' age and marital status for the current year (1926) and since opening. Report contains letter of transmittal to the St. Elizabeths Hospital, Washington, D. C., signed by Superintendent H.R. Hummer.
Abstract
The report contains information as of June 30, 1926. It contains a list by name of current male and current female patients, including their native tribes and reservations.
Physical Location
Materials stored onsite. History of Medicine Division. National Library of Medicine
Provenance
Unknown provenance, acquired c.1984.
General
- Processed by
- HMD Staff; Jim Labosier
- Encoded by
- Jim Labosier
- Processing completed
- 1984; 2002
Creator
- U. S. Asylum for Insane Indians. Canton, S. D. (Organization)
Subject
- Hummer, Harry R. (Person)
- Title
- Finding Aid to the U.S. Asylum for Insane Indians annual report and census, 1926
- Status
- Unverified Partial Draft
- Author
- HMD Staff; Jim Labosier
- Date
- 2019
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latn
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is written in English
- Edition statement
- 1.0
Collecting Area Details
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