INDIAN HEALTH SERVICES, OVERSIGHT

HEARING

BEFORE THE

SELECT COMMITTEE ON INDIAN AFFAIRS

UNITED STATES SENATE

NINETY-SIXTH CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

ON

OVERSIGHT OF INDIAN HEALTH SERVICES

PART 1

JANUARY 4, 1980

PHOENIX, ARIZONA

Printed for the use of the Select Committee on Indian Affairs

59-483 O

U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON : 1980

CONTENTS

WITNESSES

Page

Aguilar, Hope, Phoenix Service Unit, Indian Health Advisory Board, Inc.

46

Prepared statement..

50

Allen, Gerald, Fallon-Paiute Tribe.

395

Anderson, Ned, president, Inter-Tribal Council of Arizona_

238

Prepared statement..

241

Prepared statement.

Andreas, Hazel, vice chairperson, Phoenix Service Unit, Indian Health Ad-

visory Board, Inc..

Astor, Lawrence, chairman, Reno/Sparks Tribal Council.

45

50

394

Baha, Carla, director, Health Authority, White Mountain Apache Tribe-

Bayless, Dennis, deputy director, Phoenix Area Indian Health Board___

Benson, Louise, vice chairperson, Hualapai Tribe, Hualapai reservation,

Peach Springs, Ariz.......

229

44

209

Bigpond, Phyllis, executive director, Phoenix Indian Center..

103

Prepared statement_-_.

104

Black, Ruby A., chairperson, Ute Indian Tribe..

475

Booth, Elliott, tribal director, Colorado River Indian Tribe..

258

Prepared statement_

261

Brown, Robyn, attorney and project director, Urban Indian Law Project,
Phoenix Indian Center..

101

Burnham, Dick, attorney for St. Joseph's Hospital_

1

Cardenas, Michael J., chairman, Traditional Indian Alliance--

Cloud, Neil, Southern Ute Indian Tribe, Ignacio, Colo--

479

477

Coleman, John, Chinle Hospital Steering Committee, Navajo Nation. -

Crawford, Bob, director, Cherokee Nation Health Department--

Dixstein, Howard, counsel, California Rural Indian Health Board.

507

290

300

Feliz, Jim, project director, Indian Health Service Subcontract Project,
Bakersfield, Calif..

515

Folsom, Harry, representative, Dallas Intertribal Center..

Garfield, Alec, president, California Tribal Chairman's Association_.-.

Gorman, Nelson, chairman, Chinle Hospital Steering Committee, Navajo

Nation..

474

311

506

Prepared statement__

509

Hartsock, Evangeline, member, Chinle Hospital Steering Committee,

Navajo Nation...

506

Hayes, Dr. Robert, chief of medical services, South Dakota Department of

Health..

467

Herrod, Roger, National Urban Indian Council, Denver, Colo-

358

Prepared statement. __

360

Hollerman, Dr. Charles E., University of South Dakota School of Medi-

cine...

465

Prepared statement.

468

Huff, T. Abner, president, St. Joseph's Hospital Phoenix, Ariz

James, Gloria, vice president, Metropolitan Phoenix Indian Coalition..

James, John, American Indian Health Care Association, Denver, Colo-

55

498

Prepared statement...

501

Johnson, Rebecca, tribal health unit director, Shoshone-Paiute Tribes-

Kane, Billy, chairman, Phoenix Area Indian Health Board..

Keliiaa, Gloria, executive director, California Indian Urban Health

Council, Inc.-.

482

44

291

Prepared statement..

296

(III)