Coqualeetza Indian Hospital

[3] Local newspaper the Chilliwack Progress covered the fire that broke out at the hospital on November 19, 1948 which had destroyed a large amount of the building’s infrastructure.

[4] In 1949, many of British Columbia’s parliamentary members lobbied for Coqualeetza’s removal from Sardis, wanting to relocate the hospital to their own districts.

[6] With tuberculosis more manageable due to the use of modern drugs and increased ability to detect positive cases, Coqualeetza closed on September 30, 1969.

Administrator James Thompson had said that continuing to operate exclusively Indigenous hospitals would perpetuate segregation of the populations occupying British Columbia.

[10] The day school had sustained significant damage after a fire broke out in late 1891, forcing the Tates to rebuild the structure which took two years with the help of the General Board Of Missions and the Methodist Women's Missionary Society.

[17] Tuberculosis disproportionately affected Indigenous peoples with their mortality rate being recognized as ten times higher than that of the white population.

[17] The hospital was also known for its occupational program for tuberculosis patients that focused on the production of traditional Indigenous handmade goods such as "totem poles, leather and bead work".

[18] The program also encouraged the making of "lapel ornaments" which were hand-crafted by Indigenous patients; these items were sold and the profits were reinvested into a fund to buy more materials with the remaining amount going to the creators who were paid weekly anywhere from 60 cents to 10 dollars.

In 1943, the Chilliwack Progress reported that out of the 270 tuberculosis hospital beds in British Columbia, Coqualeetza held 170, accounting for over 50 percent of the overall total.