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About Smoke signals. (Grand Ronde, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (April 1, 2009)
f&Sf'S'SnCi ' ($5$A .r- Y PRESORTED STD V?tri"fT SZHZZj?' VgJJ5i iXStnk'fe- U.S. POSTAGE PAID , ' kSaCfllfiGte" 1"-' , M, PERMIT NO. 1 78 wIHS il ' WEKTl L W SALEM. OR ffi(lBjll&122llf 3 Wa3 r SERIrtCS DEPT. - KNIGHT LIBRARY ifililf I t UNIVERSITY OF OREGON 1 ii2il I t EUGENE OR PJ'403-1205 ::ZA(IlUU:ft . H II.I..I...I.I..(I(h...II..uII..I.IIIu..I.I.IiI..I.Imh.III A Publication of the Grand Ronde Tribe 8 J J )( 8 HlKSSS WWW.grandronde.org TJMPQXJA. B MQLALLA B B.OQXTE RIVER E3 KAXiAJPTTY.A. o CHASTA Keiminiedly tosSnlSes bs(FDra Comgrass Tribal Chairwoman cites 'severe' funding shortage for Indian health care and its effect on Native peoples "The CHS program only covers those services provided to patients who meet CHS eligibility and regu latory requirements, and only when funds are available. Nationally, the CHS program represents 19 percent of the total health services account. In the Northwest, the CHS program represents 30 percent of the Portland Area Office's budget." According to the Indian Health Ser- See KENNEDY continued on page 6 By Dean Rhodes Smoke Signals editor Tribal Chairwoman Cheryle A. Kennedy, a health adminis trator for 30 years, testified about the "severe under-funding" of Contract Health Services and the significant effects that has on terminated Tribes before the House Committee on Appropriations' 14 member Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies on Wednesday, March 25. "The Contract Health Services budget is the most impor tant budget item for the Grand Ronde Health & Well ness Center as there are no hospitals in the Portland area, unlike f Cheryl A. Kennedy most other Indian Health Service areas," Kennedy testified. "This is significant because inpa tient hospitals are able to provide services that outpatient clinics can not. The gap in services is otherwise borne by a Tribe's CHS funds. Due to lack of facilities to deliver health services, Grand Ronde has no choice but to purchase specialty care from the private sector. "It is important to understand that the CHS program does not function as an insurance program with a guar anteed benefit package. When CHS funding is depleted, CHS payments are not authorized. L y sJ'A Grarr. yjc Summer By Ron : i Smok Stgnalt Hk..,' unUir When you feci the sun returning, baseball fans know the Doys of Summer can't be far behind. And that' been true in Grand Ronde for more than 80 years as welL 1 always liked the sound of the ball hitting the mitt," says Tribal Elder Marcellus Norwest, 79. "I was too young to play, but I used to go and watch them." Tribal teams played on Sunday afternoons, Nor west says, on a field where Willamina Middle School date back to early 20th century is in Grand Ronde today. "With the cars all circled around," Norwest re calls. Norwest says he would walk from where he lived under Spirit Mountain to the ball field. The area was known as "New Town," Norwest says, because the reservation was up in the hills. Near St. Michael's Catholic Church, above Hobo Road, where the agency office used to be, was known as "Old Town." See BASEBALL continued on pages 8-9 Graphic created by Oorg VaM!
