"3$)*5&$563 "-"/%*/5&3*03%&4*(/4)08$"4& AMBULATORY CARE CENTER Absentee Shawnee Tribe Little Axe Health Center Little Axe, OK James R. Childers Architect, Inc. Fort Smith, AR Project category:/FXDPOTUSVDUJPO DPNQMFUFE.BSDI Chief administrator:#FWFSMZ'FMUPO $MJOJD"ENJOJTUSBUPS Firm:+BNFT3$IJMEFST"SDIJUFDU *OD Photography:ยช-JBN'SFEFSJDL1IPUPHSBQIZ Total building area (sq. ft.): Construction cost/sq. ft.: Total construction cost (excluding land): This project was made possible on standards provided by IHS. In through the Indian Health Service return, IHS will provide funds to staff (IHS) Joint Venture process and is the facility. A joint venture project's available to tribes throughout the Program of Requirements (POR) is United States. This process is only generated by the IHS Health Systems initiated at certain times and is Planning software. Ultimately the facilitated by an application process space program determines need based in which the tribes must partici- on a complicated formula taking into pate. A joint venture project allows account certain parameters such as a Native American Tribe to fund population of the service area. Once and build their health facility based the POR and other requirements have been established and agreed upon by the tribe and IHS, planning can commence. The Absentee Shawnee Tribe desired a facility that communicated a modern and sophisticated health system which utilized the latest state of the art technology. The tribe also value responsible and sustainable practices. This lead the team to pursue LEED certification for this project. It was important to the administrators and tribal leadership that the facility be one story so that all tribal citizens could access all departments within the facility with ease. 100 XXXIFBMUIDBSFEFTJHONBHB[JOFDPNt4VQQMFNFOUUPHealthcare Design