The Fort Peck tribe is being treated with almost lethal indifference from the Indian Health Service. From ulstrasound machines to kidney dialysis machines, the word from on high is that Fort Peck tribes will have to make due. Native Americans already have one of the highest infant mortality rates in America, they don't need the IHS dropping the ball to make things any worse.
Red Roundup, 6/16/08
Submitted by Troy Doney on Mon, 2008-06-16 10:13.The News that didn't make it to Redlines today.
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