{"id":33651,"date":"2021-11-11T07:15:10","date_gmt":"2021-11-11T12:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/historic-allies-realign-to-improve-indian-healthcare\/"},"modified":"2021-11-11T07:15:11","modified_gmt":"2021-11-11T12:15:11","slug":"historic-allies-realign-to-improve-indian-healthcare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/historic-allies-realign-to-improve-indian-healthcare\/","title":{"rendered":"Historic allies realign to improve Indian healthcare"},"content":{"rendered":"
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RAPID CITY \u2013 Three of the country\u2019s largest tribal-nations\u00a0have formed a historic alliance to improve healthcare\u00a0for\u00a0tribal-citizens living in Pennington County, South Dakota.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Oglala Sioux Tribe welcomes the Rosebud Sioux Tribe back to this historic partnership. United again, as allies, we look forward to creating a better healthcare future for our people,\u201d said Kevin Killer, Oglala Sioux Tribal President.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, November 4, the Rosebud Sioux Tribe passed resolution 2021-266,\u00a0bringing\u00a0the tribe into\u00a0the current\u00a0partnership\u00a0between\u00a0the Oglala Sioux Tribe and the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, to assume\u00a0providing health care for eligible patients who live in Pennington County.\u00a0 The three tribes\u00a0are able to\u00a0contract to provide services under the Indian Self-Determination Act\u00a0from the federal government\u00a0at\u00a0the Rapid City Service Unit\u00a0(formerly Sioux San Health Care Facility).\u00a0The Native American Self Determination Act is federal mechanism that allows tribal-nations to take control of government institutions intended to provide services to tribal-citizens.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe welcome Rosebud back to the circle and hope that we can all work together to address our relatives\u2019 health care needs in Rapid City,\u201d said Oglala Sioux Councilman Ryan Jumping Eagle, Chair of OST\u2019s Health and Human Services Committee.<\/p>\n

For the last two years, the Great Plains Tribal Leaders\u2019\u00a0Health Board has operated the Oyate Health Center in Rapid City, SD on behalf of the Oglala and Cheyenne River Sioux Tribes under\u00a0a contract\u00a0with the US Indian Health Service.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith Rosebud joining us we can create a healthcare system that will meet the needs of all our relatives living in Rapid City. We commend the Rosebud Sioux Tribe for joining us as allies in this fight to improve healthcare for our people,\u201d said Cheyenne River Sioux Tribal Councilman Ryman Lebeau, Chair of CRST\u2019s Health Committee.<\/p>\n

The addition of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe into this\u00a0united health care\u00a0partnership clears the way for a dramatic expansion of healthcare services\u00a0for\u00a0tribal-members\u00a0living in\u00a0Pennington County.<\/p>\n

\u201cGood and competent health care is a treaty right,\u201d said President Scott Herman of the Rosebud\u00a0Sioux\u00a0Tribe.\u00a0 \u201cOn the whole, Indian Health Service has not lived up to that treaty obligation.\u00a0 We are confident that this move will enable our people the opportunity to get\u00a0all of\u00a0their health care in one location while preventing IHS from wasting funds on duplicating services.\u00a0 We expect that this partnership will pay\u00a0dividends and expand services that our currently in short supply for the people of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe.\u201d<\/p>\n

This action now authorizes the Oyate Health Center to assume responsibility for all services for IHS eligible beneficiaries in Pennington County previously provided by the Indian Health Service on the Sioux San Campus.\u00a0The implications of\u00a0the\u00a0Rosebud Sioux Tribe\u2019s decision to join their sister-tribes\u00a0in the historic partnership means the\u00a0new Oyate Health Center, a $120 million facility that is now under construction, will\u00a0no longer be divided into separate clinics, nor will it be\u00a0controlled\u00a0by the federal government.<\/p>\n

Great Plains Tribal Leaders\u2019 Health Board CEO Jerilyn Church says that current IHS employees who are stationed on the Sioux San Campus, will be offered the opportunity to join the organization.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur OHC community will grow yet again.\u202f\u00a0We extended an\u00a0invitation to IHS employees in July of 2019\u00a0to join us, and we will again. Now that\u00a0all of\u00a0the tribes are united, we will work hard to\u00a0continue to improve healthcare for our relatives who use the Oyate Health Center,\u201d\u00a0said Church.<\/p>\n

The Oyate Health Center hosted 95,000+ patient visits and generated revenue of $10 million last fiscal year with 100% of it reinvested into services for patients. The Oyate Health Center purchased an entirely separate behavioral health location and expanded providers for the facility from 3-17 as part of that reinvestment.<\/p>\n

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*The Great Plains Tribal Leaders\u2019 Health Board is established to provide the tribal nations in the Great Plains region with a formal representative Board as a means of communicating and participating with the Great Plains Area Indian Health Service and other Health and Human Services entities and organizations on health matters.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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For Media Contacts Please contact Brandon Ecoffey, GPTLB Communications Director at\u00a0brandon.ecoffey@gptchb.org<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0 RAPID CITY \u2013 Three of the country\u2019s largest tribal-nations\u00a0have formed a historic alliance to improve healthcare\u00a0for\u00a0tribal-citizens living in Pennington County, South Dakota. \u201cThe Oglala Sioux Tribe welcomes the Rosebud Sioux Tribe back to this historic partnership. United again, as allies, we look forward to creating a better healthcare future <\/p>\n

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