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Rep. Hastings objects to IHCIA in health reform (10/30)
Rep. Doc Hastings (R-Washington), the ranking Republican on the House Natural Resources Committee, is objecting to the inclusion of the Indian Health Care Reimprovement Act in H.R.3962, the Affordable Health Care for America Act. Hastings says Democrats went behind Republicans'...
Museum opens Native cancer survivors exhibit (10/29)
A new exhibit at the Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center in Connecticut features Native cancer survivors. "Strength and Courage: Stories of Native American Cancer Survivors" appears to be the first of its kind. It features interviews of eight...
Some Flathead Reservation bars allow smoking (10/29)
The Montana Clean Indoor Air Act went into effect earlier this month but not all bars on the Flathead Reservation are happy with it. Tribal-owned facilities are exempt from the ban on the use of tobacco products indoors. But at...
Mark Trahant: Send Medicaid funds right to IHS (10/29)
"Health care reform will be high on the list of topics for President Barack Obama’s meeting next Thursday with representatives of the nation’s 564 federally recognized tribes. The president said he looks forward to talks with tribal leaders about...
Coyhis of White Bison wins $100K Purpose Prize (10/27)
Don Coyhis, the founder of the White Bison wellness and sobriety group, was announced as a winner of the $100,000 Purpose Prize. Coyhis, 66, is a member of the Stockbridge-Munsee Community, Band of Mohican Indian of Wisconsin. He founded...
Mark Trahant: Health care debate drags on and... (10/26)
"How long will the health care reform debate drag on? The Hill newspaper says “deep into December and possibly beyond by a lengthy floor debate.” If that seems like a long time, consider that the reauthorization of the Indian Health...
Artist Michael Kabotie dies from flu complications (10/26)
Michael Kabotie, a member of the Hopi Tribe of Arizona, died on Friday due to complications from the H1N1 virus, commonly known as swine flu. He was 67. Kabotie was painter, jeweler and poet who incorporated traditional and modern...
HHS Secretary Sebelius to host tribal leaders in DC (10/22)
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius will host tribal leaders on Tuesday, November 3 in Washington, D.C. Tribal leaders will have a chance to meet with top HHS officials during the roundtable. RSVPs are due by October 30. Labor...
House panel holds hearing on Indian health care (10/21)
The Subcommittee on Health of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce held a hearing on H.R.2708, the Indian Health Care Improvement Act Amendments of 2009 The subcommittee heard from Yvette Roubideaux, the director of the Indian Health Service, and...
Fort Belknap Tribes to close diabetes program (10/20)
The Fort Belknap Indian Community of Montana will be shutting down a diabetes prevention program after running out of money. The tribe operated the program with an Indian Health Service grant. The money ran out on September 30 and the...
Dorgan renews push for Indian health care bill (10/19)
With health care reform on the national agenda, Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-North Dakota), the chairman of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, hopes to include Indian Country in the debate. Dorgan introduced S.1790, the Indian Health Care Improvement Reauthorization and Extension...
Treatment center opens doors to Native youth (10/19)
A residential treatment center in Oregon is working closely with the Native community as it provides services to Native youth. ChristieCare formed an advisory board that meets monthly. The board includes the Native American Youth Authority, the Native American...
Mark Trahant: Guaranteed rights to health care (10/19)
"The idea that American Indians should be exempted from any mandate to purchase health insurance has almost become a given in the debate about health care reform. Last week Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi wrote to the National Congress...
Dorgan introduces updated version of health bill (10/15)
Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-North Dakota), the chairman of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, introduced a new version of the Indian Health Care Improvement Reauthorization and Extension Act of 2009 in the Senate today. The bill has 15 co-sponsors, including Senate...
Wind River Reservation schools closed due to flu (10/15)
The Wind River Reservation in Wyoming has been hit hard by the flu. The Fremont County School District closed all seven schools on the reservation after nearly a quarter of the student body reported absent on Tuesday. At another school...
Dorgan readies 'streamlined' version of IHCIA (10/13)
Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-North Dakota) will introduce a new version of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act this week, a top aide said on Monday. Dorgan has developed a "streamlined" version of the bill, according to Allison Binney, the majority...
Mark Trahant: Debate not over on health reform (10/12)
"Are we in the final days of the health care reform debate? “The historic movement to bring real, meaningful health insurance reform to the American people gathered momentum this week as we approach the final days of this debate,” President...
Court revives suit over IHS contract costs (10/09)
The Federal Circuit Court of Appeals has given tribes and Alaska Natives another opportunity to pursue their contract support cost case against the IIndian Health Service. Tribes and Alaska Natives enter into agreements to take over programs from the IHS....
Swine flu probe links nurse to body bags (10/08)
A report from Health Canada appears to clear the government of wrongdoing for sending body bags to the Wasagamack First Nation in Manitoba. The report said a nurse on the reserve ordered 100 body bags as part of a routine...
Another suicide on Mescalero Reservation (10/07)
The Mescalero Apache Reservation in New Mexico. has seen its fourth suicide in two months, The Ruidoso News reports. A 14-year-old girl died on Sunday. Students at Ruidoso High School are "devastated" by the news, a school official said. The...
Off-reserve Natives eye flu vaccine priority (10/07)
Off-reserve Natives in Prince Edward Island say they should be a priority to receive a vaccine for the H1N1 virus, commonly known as swine flu. The province has already included on-reserve Natives on the priority list. The Native Council of...
Pequots sued by tribe over medical claims (10/07)
The White Mountain Apache Tribe of Arizona is suing the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation of Connecticut over an estimated $6 million in medical claims. The Apaches hired Pequot Plus Health Benefit Services to administer third-party medical claims for tribal employees....
Little Shell Tribe loses state tobacco grant (10/06)
The Montana Department of Health and Human Services cut a tobacco grant to the Little Shell Chippewa Tribe after an audit revealed accounting problems. The tribe was receiving an annual $180,000 grant for tobacco prevention efforts. But the audit said...
Mark Trahant: Effortless Indian Country care (10/05)
"Indian country has a different financing mechanism. Plan A is, of course, the Indian health system, the combination of federally-run Indian Health Service facilities plus those health care programs managed by tribes or urban Indian organizations. Plan A is a...
Indian doctor backs Obama on health reform (10/05)
Dr. Biron Baker, a member of the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation of North Dakota, is at the White House today to support President Barack Obama on health care reform. Baker is a board-certified family physician in North Dakota. He...
Schwarzenegger vetoes Indian health funds (10/02)
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) has cut a $6.4 million program for urban Indian health clinics. Schwarzenegger vetoed the funds as part of a larger cut to the state's budget. “The veto was not the result of the governor...
SAMHSA will award emergency suicide grant (10/01)
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration will award an emergency grant to the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe to keep a youth suicide program running. The tribe had applied for a $1.5 million grant for the Oniyapi Program. But...
SAMHSA won't renew suicide prevention grant (09/30)
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration won't renew a $1.5 million suicide prevention grant for the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe despite 51 suicide attempts on the reservation this year alone. Chairman Ron His Horse Is Thunder said the...
Federal Circuit rules in contract support case (09/29)
The Federal Circuit Court of Appeals issued a ruling today in a contract support cost case. The Arctic Slope Native Association of Alaska, the Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw Indians of Oregon and the Metlakatla Indian Community...
Mark Trahant: Tribal provisions in health reform (09/28)
"This week the Senate Finance Committee continues what’s called an “open executive session,” the process of weeding through hundreds of amendments to the America’s Healthy Future Act of 2009. One by one amendments are considered, added or rejected until the...
IHS eyes youth treatment centers in California (09/28)
The Indian Health Service plans to open two youth treatment facilities in California, The Marysville/Yuba City Appeal-Democrat reports. The centers would provide substance abuse treatment and other services to Native youth. Each would cost $18 million to build and require...
BIE school first in New Mexico to close for flu (09/25)
Officials at a Bureau of Indian Education school on the Navajo Nation decided to shut down after a third of the student body came down with flu symptoms. The Dzilth-Na-O-Dith-Hle Community Grant School is the first school in New Mexico...
Southern Ute Tribe set to take over IHS clinic (09/25)
The Southern Ute Tribe of Colorado will take control of an Indian Health Service clinic after settling a lawsuit against the federal government. The tribe wanted to enter into a self-determination contract for the Southern Colorado Ute Service Unit....
BIE school closed for large number of flu cases (09/24)
A Bureau of Indian Education school on the Navajo Nation is closed due to a high number of cases of the flu. The Dzilth-Na-O-Dith-Hle Community Grant School in New Mexico will be closed until October 1. "The high number of...
NPR interviews IHS Director Yvette Roubideaux (09/24)
Michel Martin of the National Public Radio show Tell Me More interviews Dr. Yvette Roubideaux, a member of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe of South Dakota. Roubideaux is the first Native woman to serve as director of the Indian Health Service....
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