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Pinkerman-Uri, who was Choctaw and Cherokee, was from Wheatland, California.In 1955, she graduated as a doctor from the University of Arkansas. [1] She subsequently practiced as a doctor in Los Angeles, where she set up the first free Indian hospital during the 1960s, as well as partaking in efforts to secure Fort McArthur, an abandoned military hospital, for use as an Indian hospital.
The Indian Health Services (IHS) is a government organization created in 1955 to help combat poor health and living conditions of Native Americans and Alaska Natives. The IHS still exists in the United States, and is a blend of various organizations created to combat specific health problems for Native American and Alaskan Natives.
Native Americans say the U.S. is violating treaties with tribal nations that promised to care for tribes' health and welfare in return for their land.
Sara K. Dye (Sauk, born 1945) is a physician and surgeon who has worked with Native American tribes in Oklahoma and South Dakota.She was director of the Indian Health Service's first noninvasive vascular laboratory and dedicated her career to reducing the number of amputations necessitated by diabetes among Native Americans.
The Indian Health Service (IHS) is an operating division (OPDIV) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). IHS is responsible for providing direct medical and public health services to members of federally recognized Native American Tribes and Alaska Native people .
Carl Albert Community Mental Health Center – McAlester; Carnegie Tri-County Municipal Hospital – Carnegie, Oklahoma; Cedar Ridge Hospital – Oklahoma City; Chickasaw Nation Medical Center – Ada; The Children's Center Rehabilitation Hospital – Bethany; Choctaw Memorial Hospital – Hugo; Choctaw Nation Health Care Center – Talihina
Claremore Mound was the site of the Battle of Strawberry Moon (a.k.a. Battle of Claremore Mound). In June 1817, a band of Cherokee Indians and their allies, under Chief Spring Frog ( Too-an-tuh ), attacked Pasuga, an Osage Indian village at the foot of Claremore Mound, killing thirty-eight Osage, including their Chief Glahmo, and taking one ...
There’s nothing like the beckoning open road, especially when there’s nostalgia involved. And there’s no more iconic US highway than Route 66. After all, it officially opened in 1926 as a ...