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Q&A: Bullington, CBH tackle tribe’s fentanyl cases

by Damon Scott -

HHS recently had a video produced about the fentanyl crisis. (Screenshot) The rate of fentanyl overdose deaths across Indian Country has skyrocketed in recent years. Health officials say the cheap and potent opioid has largely replaced heroin and oxycodone as the most significant addiction threat. The Center for Behavioral Health (CBH)

Photos: Tribe participates in Child Abuse Awareness Month

by The Seminole Tribune -

From left to right are Big Cypress Advocacy & Guardianship employees Allicia Jordan (Spiderman), Felicia Duncan (Ironman), Tracey Collins (Hulk), Angela Hardwick (Black Panther) and Brittany Zulauf (Black Panther). (Courtesy Winstera Young) Tribal members and tribal employees participated in a number of events across the reservations to mark Child Abuse Awareness

Q&A: Child advocates support tribe’s vulnerable

by Damon Scott -

BRIGHTON – The Seminole Tribe’s Advocacy & Guardianship Department is responsible for several programs, but each one has an overarching goal: ensure that tribal members and families are supported – especially vulnerable children and adults. Joseph Hernandez Joseph Hernandez is a child advocate on the Brighton Reservation. He and two others work

Q&A: Fire safety expo comes to Hollywood

by Damon Scott -

From left to right are battalion commander Stephen Zitnick, division chief Louis Valdes and battalion commander Joshua Eveleth. (Damon Scott) HOLLYWOOD – The Hollywood Council Office sponsored a fire safety expo April 22 at the Hollywood Fire Rescue Station 108, located at 3105 N State Road 7. The event hadn’t been

Rabies, microchip clinics return to tribe

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The Seminole Tribe’s animal control program – part of the Health and Human Services Department – is scheduled to host a free rabies and microchip clinic on the Big Cypress Reservation on May 17. The event hasn’t been held since 2019 due to the pandemic. Jonathan Vasquez, the tribalwide animal control

Hard Rock spotlights female artists, boosts health initiatives

by Damon Scott -

Jordin Sparks performs at the event. (Damon Scott) HOLLYWOOD – Hard Rock International (HRI) used Women’s History Month in March as a launching pad to celebrate women musicians and to raise awareness and funds for women’s health initiatives. A “Rock Women’s Health” kickoff event was held at the Hard Rock Cafe inside

‘Deaths of despair’ run high among Native Americans

by Damon Scott -

A new analysis by UCLA researchers shows that Native Americans aged 45 to 54 have had the biggest increases in mortality in recent decades, and are dying at twice the rate of white people of the same age. (iStock/grandriver) A new study has found that national midlife mortality data typically focused

NIHB to hold health summit

by From Press Release -

The National Indian Health Board’s 2023 National Tribal Health Conference and Public Health Summit will be held from May 1 to May 5 in Anchorage, Alaska. Programming topics include tribal listening and consultation sessions, hands-on training, and workshops covering topics such as funding for Indian health, the business of medicine,

Children’s health focus of conference

by From Press Release -

The International Meeting on Indigenous Child Health will be held from March 24 to March 26 at the Hyatt Regency in downtown Tulsa, Oklahoma. The conference is dedicated to the health and well-being of of First Nations, Inuit, Métis, American Indian, Alaska Native and other Indigenous children and youth in

Diabetes program includes funds for Seminole Tribe

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The U. S. Department of Health and Human Services, through the Indian Health Service, is investing $139 million in funding for the fiscal year 2023 Special Diabetes Program for Indians (SDPI) to provide diabetes prevention and treatment services for American Indian and Alaska Native communities. Funding awards have been made to

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