Indians and medicine : sterilization and genocide / Dr. Connie Uri ; interviewed by Jim Berland.
PRA Archive #:
BC1963
Connie Uri, MD, a Native American doctor, discusses the Bureau of Indian Affairs’ sterilization policy in Oklahoma with KPFK’s Jim Berland. Uri describes the American government’s forcible sterilization of Native American women and reports on her visit of Claremore Indian Hospital in Claremore, Oklahoma, where she discovered that over one hundred Native women who were sterilized in 1973 alone. She also discusses the role of medical professionals, especially doctors, in perpetuating these practices.
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Availability Notice:
This recording has been digitally preserved as part of Pacifica’s American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 grant preservation project, and is available for research and reference . Please contact the archives via telephone: 818-506-1077 or email: americanwomen at pacificaradioarchives dot org for information on how to obtain a copy of this program. Thank you.
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PRA Archive #: BC1963
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Program: Indians and medicine : sterilization and genocide / Dr. Connie Uri ; interviewed by Jim Berland.
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RESTRICTED. Permissions, licensing requests, Curriculum Initiative, Campus Campaign and all other inquiries should be directed to: Mark Torres, Archives Director, 800-735-0230, Mark@PacificaRadioArchives.org
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Distributor: Los Angeles : Pacifica Radio Archive, 1974.
