The Involuntary Sterilization of Native American Women

Presentation Year

2019

College or Department

College of Natural Resources & Sciences

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Between the 1960s and 1970s, Native American women were involuntarily sterilized when they went to the Indian Health Services (IHS). Many would go in for one procedure and end up being sterilized and made believe that it was reversible.

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