Sioux Sanitarium

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History

Located in Rapid City, South Dakota, it started out as a boarding school for Indians in the late 1800s. It has been reported that many children died due to abuse or cold weather. The building remained empty for many years until the outbreak of tuberculosis the early 1900s. The building was converted into a massive hospital called the Sioux Sanitarium for TB patients. After the patenting of streptomycin, almost all of the sanitariums in the United States were closed down in the 1940s through the 60s. The building remained empty for several years until it was converted into a public hospital and named the Sioux San Hospital. The hospital still has numerous, unmarked graves around the campus; not only from the TB patients, but also from the Indian children.