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To: Morgan in Denver
There was a village up in Alaska that had been after Indian Health Services to just send up a nurse or something to conduct health screenings. The village elders were rather concerned about the number of the tribal members who had passed away over the winter.

IHS sent a team to the village; the supplies they brought were AIDS tests, other VD tests, condoms, flyers for parenting classes, instructional materials for birth control, etc. The village elders looked at the request from the health services people and shook their heads; again noting that they wanted to do health screenings - check blood pressure, a fasting blood sugar test, etc.

The health professionals smiled and assured the elder that change can come to his village. Teens don't attend these classes and just start going wild.

The elders rolled their eyes and spoke among themselves for a bit then their representative turned back and gave the decision - the elders would permit the visit, but there was something that the pros needed to know first - the youngest woman in the village was fifty-two years old.
4 posted on 07/15/2005 7:11:47 PM PDT by kingu
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To: kingu

That's funny. I'm from Oklahoma so I'm quite familiar with the tribes there. Alaska, I'm not. But, from what I've read and seen, the tribes in Alaska want to be self supporting and don't want the government butting into their affairs, as has happened in the lower 48.

The entire indian situation in American is a disgrace, IMHO, and pandering further to extend dependency on the federal government is not a good plan in any shape or form. This is a disaster waiting to happen and it's going to boil over someday when a solution won't be as easy as it would be had it been addressed earlier.

Typically, the Democrats are positioning themselves for short-term political gain without thinking through their consequences or doing what's best for the country.


8 posted on 07/16/2005 4:36:28 AM PDT by Morgan in Denver
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