We believe the plan by the Indian Health Service to demolish and build new on the current site is ill-informed primarily because the site review process conducted by the IHS did not take into consideration the donation and development of the Shepherd’s Hill site. The IHS plan calls for the destruction or relocation of 26 … Read More about What can you do to help preserve Sioux San?
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Sioux San Update: Statement from GPTCHB CEO
Great Plains Tribal Chairmen’s Health Board (GPTCHB) is committed to the pursuit of every means that will serve to improve the health status of the tribes and their members. That is our mission and our expertise. You may have heard that GPTCHB prevailed in both Oglala Sioux Tribal Court and federal court in the attempt … Read More about Sioux San Update: Statement from GPTCHB CEO
Action to Preserve the Sioux San Campus & Expand our Services
Dear Friends and Colleagues, I attached the press release announcing IHS’s declination of our request to build at Shepard Hills, IHS’s map; (this is their document of the buildings they propose to tear down including 15 historic buildings). They plan to board up the main building after the new clinic is built which will be … Read More about Action to Preserve the Sioux San Campus & Expand our Services
Sioux San Legacy and Future
Saturday November 10, 2018 Rapid City Community Learning Session Sioux San Legacy and Future Join us! Lunch will be provided. Best Western Ramkota Rushmore Room 2111 N. Lacrosse St. Rapid City, SD 57701 Presentations Our Legacy: History & Preservation of the Sioux San Campus with Heather Dawn Thompson, JD Our Present: Development Plan for the … Read More about Sioux San Legacy and Future
RSCU Presentation and Community Meeting at the Journey Museum
Wednesday, October 24, 2018 The Great Plains Tribal Chairmen’s Health Board is seeking community input for a tribal run hospital on the north east side of Rapid City. The organization presented processes taken thus far to open a self-governed healthcare system. In 2017, the Oglala, Rosebud and Cheyenne River Sioux Tribes voted to transfer authority … Read More about RSCU Presentation and Community Meeting at the Journey Museum
Mayor Allender Seeks Support for New IHS Facility
Rapid City Mayor Steve Allender along with the Oglala, Cheyenne River and Rosebud Sioux tribes are asking the Rapid City Council for its support in building a new Native American health-care facility in east Rapid City. At the city’s Legal and Finance Committee meeting scheduled for 12:30 p.m. Wednesday at City Hall, committee members will … Read More about Mayor Allender Seeks Support for New IHS Facility
The Bush Foundation Recently Awarded GPTCHB $1,800,000
RAPID CITY– Great Plains Tribal Chairmen’s Health Board (GPTCHB) was granted 1.8 million dollars by the Bush Foundation to plan and develop a tribal medical center management model under the authority of P.L. 93- 638 the Indian Self Determination Act(ISDEAA). The project, which will also document the process for Tribal assumption, will be layered as … Read More about The Bush Foundation Recently Awarded GPTCHB $1,800,000
Taking Control of Healthcare
Three tribes are taking over the failing Sioux San hospital in Rapid City South Dakota from Indian Health Service . The hospital had closed its emergency room and was placed on the “immediate jeopardy” list by CMS. After enduring years of substandard care, the tribes believe the best way forward is through a 638 contract … Read More about Taking Control of Healthcare
Tribes want to take over management of Sioux San
RAPID CITY, S.D. Tribal leaders want to assume management of Sioux San Hospital in Rapid City in a move they describe as “a historic self-governance effort.” The Oglala Sioux Tribe, the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe and the Rosebud Sioux Tribe announced Friday that they have authorized the Great Plains Tribal Chairmen’s’ Health Board to pursue … Read More about Tribes want to take over management of Sioux San
IHS to Close Sioux San Emergency Room
Another Indian Health Service hospital in South Dakota is set to close its emergency room next week, the federal agency that runs it announced Tuesday. IHS in a statement said it plans to temporarily close the emergency room of the Sioux San Hospital in Rapid City on September 20 while the agency works to update the facility, … Read More about IHS to Close Sioux San Emergency Room