Authors: Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians of the United States

Publication Year: 2007

Last Updated: 2010-09-07

Journal: Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians

Keywords: Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians of the United States, resolution, uihp, urban indian health programs, elimination, appropriations, confer, IHS, HHS, Budget

Abstract:

We, the members of the Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians of the United States, invoking the divine blessing of the Creator upon our efforts and purposes, in order to preserve for ourselves and our descendants rights secured under Indian Treaties and benefits to which we are entitled under the laws and constitution of the United States and several states, to enlighten the public toward a better understanding of the Indian people, to preserve Indian cultural values, and otherwise promote the welfare of the Indian people, do hereby establish and submit the following resolution:

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Sovereign Nations of the Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians does hereby strongly oppose the President’s proposal to eliminate the entire Urban Indian Health Program (UIHP) from the Indian Health Service budget in the Department of Health and Human Services; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Sovereign Nations of the Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians calls upon Congress and the Administration to work with Indian Country to find innovative ways to address the funding disparities that continue to hamper Indian Country’s efforts to improve the health status of American Indians and Alaska Natives;

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