American Indian Report - November/December 2008 - (Page 13) HIGH HONORS Archie Hendricks, Sr. Skilled Nursing Facility and Tohono O’odham Hospice Tohono O’odham Nation, Arizona Up until about five years ago, if a Tohono O’odham elder needed skilled nursing, post-hospital services or hospice care, it meant traveling to Tucson, Phoenix or Casa Grande, a long drive from tribal lands, or not getting assistance at all. As the tribe’s financial resources increased in 1990s, it decided to build its own facility. Opened in 2003, the $15 million, stateof-the-art Archie Hendricks Sr. Skilled Nursing Facility provides in-patient skilled nursing and end-of-life care for elders. Not only is the facility on the reservation, but its 130 staff members deliver culturally appropriate care. muscogee creek Nation reintegration program Muscogee Creek Nation, Oklahoma A Muscogee Creek tribal member released from state prison does not get much to re-enter society, just a bus ticket, a check for $50 and a set of secondhand clothes. Dozens of tribal members are Photo by John Rae/NYC American Indian Report November/December 2008 13 http://www.toltc.org/ http://www.toltc.org/ http://www.tonation-nsn.gov/ http://www.muscogeenation-nsn.gov/health administration/RIP.htm http://www.muscogeenation-nsn.gov/health administration/RIP.htm http://www.muscogeenation-nsn.gov/
Table of Contents Feed for the Digital Edition of American Indian Report - November/December 2008 American Indian Report - November/December 2008 Contents Notes from Indian Country Elders Conference Offers Balancing Lessons Student Blanket Design Reflects Plains Horse Culture Congress: Activity on the Hill Prep School Recruits Native Students for Transitional Year Prior to College Honoring Nations Clinton Global Initiative Brings Native American Focus to the World A Q&A with Indian Country’s Top Cop Urban Clinics Go Paperless with IHS Record System Ohkay Owingeh Restores Wetlands, Protects Drinking Water Blogroll American Indian Report - November/December 2008 American Indian Report - November/December 2008 - American Indian Report - November/December 2008 (Page Cover1) American Indian Report - November/December 2008 - American Indian Report - November/December 2008 (Page Cover2) American Indian Report - November/December 2008 - American Indian Report - November/December 2008 (Page 3) American Indian Report - November/December 2008 - Contents (Page 4) American Indian Report - November/December 2008 - Contents (Page 5) American Indian Report - November/December 2008 - Student Blanket Design Reflects Plains Horse Culture (Page 6) American Indian Report - November/December 2008 - Student Blanket Design Reflects Plains Horse Culture (Page 7) American Indian Report - November/December 2008 - Congress: Activity on the Hill (Page 8) American Indian Report - November/December 2008 - Congress: Activity on the Hill (Page 9) American Indian Report - November/December 2008 - Prep School Recruits Native Students for Transitional Year Prior to College (Page 10) American Indian Report - November/December 2008 - Prep School Recruits Native Students for Transitional Year Prior to College (Page 11) American Indian Report - November/December 2008 - Honoring Nations (Page 12) American Indian Report - November/December 2008 - Honoring Nations (Page 13) American Indian Report - November/December 2008 - Honoring Nations (Page 14) American Indian Report - November/December 2008 - Honoring Nations (Page 15) American Indian Report - November/December 2008 - Honoring Nations (Page 16) American Indian Report - November/December 2008 - Honoring Nations (Page 17) American Indian Report - November/December 2008 - Clinton Global Initiative Brings Native American Focus to the World (Page 18) American Indian Report - November/December 2008 - Clinton Global Initiative Brings Native American Focus to the World (Page 19) American Indian Report - November/December 2008 - A Q&A with Indian Country’s Top Cop (Page 20) American Indian Report - November/December 2008 - A Q&A with Indian Country’s Top Cop (Page 21) American Indian Report - November/December 2008 - Urban Clinics Go Paperless with IHS Record System (Page 22) American Indian Report - November/December 2008 - Urban Clinics Go Paperless with IHS Record System (Page 23) American Indian Report - November/December 2008 - Ohkay Owingeh Restores Wetlands, Protects Drinking Water (Page 24) American Indian Report - November/December 2008 - Ohkay Owingeh Restores Wetlands, Protects Drinking Water (Page 25) American Indian Report - November/December 2008 - Ohkay Owingeh Restores Wetlands, Protects Drinking Water (Page 26) American Indian Report - November/December 2008 - Blogroll (Page 27) American Indian Report - November/December 2008 - Blogroll (Page Cover4)
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