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Josephine Waconda (née Trujillo; February 5, 1935 – January 1, 2013) was an American nurse and an administrator of the Indian Health Service.She was a member of Pueblo of Laguna tribe and the first Native American to attain the rank of rear admiral of the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps (PHSCC), when she was promoted in 1987 to head the regional Albuquerque office of the Indian ...
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.
Nov. 13—A University of New Mexico researcher and assistant professor is breaking barriers in the health community for fellow Native Americans. Hailing from the Diné Nation, Crystal Lee has ...
Michael H. Trujillo (born 1944) is an American physician who was the first full-blooded Indigenous person to serve as the director of the Indian Health Service, the arm of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, which deals with the health of Native Americans and Native Alaskans.
Though these diseases are also prevalent among non-Native Americans, some present a much greater threat to Native Americans' health. [5] In 2013, American Indians and Alaska Natives died at greater rates from: chronic liver disease and cirrhosis, diabetes mellitus, unintentional injuries, assault/homicide, intentional self-harm/suicide, and ...
The Pueblo of Laguna, New Mexico (Western Keres: Kawaika [kʰɑwɑjkʰɑ]) is a federally recognized tribe of Native American Pueblo people in west-central New Mexico, near the city of Albuquerque, in the United States. Part of the Laguna territory is included in the Albuquerque metropolitan area, chiefly around Laguna's Route 66 Resort
The Mental Health Center originally opened in 1969. The UNM Cancer Center was established in 1975, and is currently the only NCI Comprehensive Cancer Center in the state of New Mexico. [ 5 ] In addition, Carrie Tingley Hospital - which was originally founded in Hot Springs in 1937 as a hospital for crippled children - moved to Albuquerque in ...
There is a tribal school, Pine Hill Schools, operated by the Ramah Navajo School Board and associated with the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE). Additionally the Gallup-McKinley County Schools is the local school district; the proximity of the nearest schools in Cibola County were so far, 50 miles (80 km) away, that Cibola and McKinley counties agreed to have students sent to McKinley County ...