The new USSA Nov 3, 2008
It must also be noted that a lot of the funds sent to Alaska are spent on defense to defend the lower 48 from attack and also for Alaska Native health care promised them by fedgov. " Neil wrote on Nov 2, 2008 10:38 AM:" The drift to socialism is correct, under Ted Stevens and Sarah Palin that is. (Wasilla Frontiersman, AK)
Alaska Native Policy Center elects new director Sep 20, 2008
She served as director of the Legal Department at Cheyenne River Housing Authority before moving to Anchorage, where she worked as the policy analyst and planner for the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, working on behalf of the Alaska Native Health Board. On her Tlingit side, Cheney is Raven Kaach. (Juneau Empire)
Villagers can't kick soda pop habit Jul 21, 2008
Years ago Alaska Native health officials declared war on sugary soda pop in rural towns and villages ... Seven years ago, the tribal health consortium and Alaska Native Health Board sent letters to 500 schools and 600 stores asking them to help curb consumption. (Anchorage Daily News)
Business people May 22, 2008
His background includes numerous tribal, corporate and statewide boards, commissions and councils, including the Alaska Native Health Board, the Denali Commission Health Steering Committee and the Governor's Healthcare Strategies Planning Council, as well as national committees on Native health services. Moreover, Kashevaroff has provided 10 years of distinguished service on the consortium board, eight of them as chairman and president. (Anchorage Daily News)
Palin appoints Native to Board of Game Feb 10, 2008
He's served on numerous committees and boards including Gwich'in Council International, Alaska Native Health Board and Eastern Interior Subsistence Federal Regional Advisory Committee. He also was deputy mayor of Fort Yukon. (Juneau Empire)
Low rate of Type II diabetes in Bush puzzles scientists Sep 29, 2007
The five-year grant from the National Institute of Health is a renewal of a nearly identical grant the Center for Alaska Native Health Research received in 2001 to study the diets of Alaska Natives. "What we've found is that the prevalence of obesity among Yup'ik Eskimos is no different than other people. It's no different than Caucasians living a very Western lifestyle," researcher and center co-director Bert Boyer said. (Anchorage Daily News)
‘Own' health care, Natives told Jun 1, 2007
Indian people will have better health care when they provide the services themselves, reducing their dependence on the federal government, the president of a large Alaska native health care foundation said Thursday. Health care will also improve when, metaphorically speaking, Indians wn their own medical services, said Katherine Gottlieb, president and CEO of the Southcentral Foundation, which provides health care to more than 45,000 Alaskan natives and American Indians. (Missoulian, MT)
