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Publication Year: 2008
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Short Abstract: American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/AN) are currently in their most critical health condition ever-- presenting the highest rates of health disparities in the nation. Caught between the US Government and Tribal tensions; entangled by inadequate federal policies; and restrained by our own pride and stoic nature, Urban American Indians struggle greatly to access the healthcare and welfare systems. Advocacy, knowledge and awareness are extremely urgent. Advocating on our own behalf to change federal policies becomes a titanic challenge when funds, leadership and skills are very scarce; while information and knowledge are practically nonexistent. For the afore-mentioned reasons, the National Council of Urban Indian Health (NCUIH) hereby expresses its commitment and excitement to collaborate with the Association of American Indian Physicians, the National Indian Health Board, and the US Department of Health and Human Services to improve the situation of our Indian brothers and sisters through the Healthy Indian Country Initiative (HICI). NCUIH would like to respond to this unique opportunity by presenting a proposal that takes into account the (extremely shocking) lack of information on Urban Indian Health. NCUIH intends to tackle the same by incorporating an academic collection of information; as well as the gathering /analysis of the evidence-based information and knowledge foundation emanating from the practical experience of main field actors. The knowledge compiled and the materials created will be used to create an online toolkit that will make this categorized information available to the Urban Indian Health partners and Tribes as proven tools for replicable successes across the United States.

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Publication Year: 2007
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Short Abstract: There’s a new non-profit organization called the California Consortium of Urban Indian Health, developed from the Western Indian Network WIN program which was funded by the Indian Health Service.

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Publication Year: 2007
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Short Abstract: We predicted in last year's written testimony to the HHS Tribal Budget and Policy Consultation Session that the proposal to zero out the Urban Indian Health Program in the FY 2007 budget may very well set precedent in the following years' budget. While we succeeded—with the help of our allies in Congress—in restoring funding for the Urban Indian Health Program back into the FY 2007 budget, the original proposal did indeed set precedent as is obvious from the FY 2008 budget. It is now even more acceptable to bypass the historical, federal trust responsibility vis-a-vis this nation's indigenous peoples than it used to be.

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Publication Year: 2007
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Short Abstract: We have another tough year ahead for Urban Indian Health. NCUIH is again anticipating the Urban Indian Health line item in the IHS budget to be zeroed out. We are ready to employ the political capital we have gained from last year’s congressional renouncement of the proposed budget, and have been busy planning for and producing materials that will be key in our advocacy efforts this year. We are better situated then in years past and we will again achieve success.

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