RC Service Unit Information

Welcome,

We are providing you with information in regards Sioux San Indian Health Services (IHS). For more information or if you have further questions, please see the bottom of the page for additional resources.

History of Sioux San

The Sioux San Hospital in Rapid City, South Dakota was once a boarding school and then it became a sanitarium. It is a very sad and tragic history. Many people have died on at Sioux San and there are still many remains unknown.

Future of RCSU

Why build a new facility when we have a perfectly good building to use?

Timeline

May 2010: Historical malpractice and patient mistreatment, community members to fight for the rights of Native American Indians to receive their Treaty Rights for adequate health care at the Sioux San Hospital/Rapid City Service Unit (RCSU).

For more information or additional resources please see, “Rapid City Service Unit PL 93-638 Transition: Frequently Asked Questions About PL 93-638, Transition, Employees” or contact Lindsay Huffman, Executive Coordinator, Great Plains Tribal Chairmen’s Health Board, 2611 Elderberry Blvd, Rapid City, SD 57703, (P) 605-721-1922 ext. 116; (F) 605-721-1932, www.gptchb.org.