Nashville Area Indian Health Service 2011 Annual Report
Nashville Area Indian Health Service 2011 Annual Report
Nashville Area Indian Health Service 2011 Annual Report
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AREA TRIBES, NATIONS AND PARTNERS<br />
Eastern Band of Cherokee <strong>Indian</strong>s<br />
Cherokee, North Carolina<br />
Michell Hicks, Principal Chief<br />
Houlton Band of Maliseet <strong>Indian</strong>s<br />
Littleton, Maine<br />
Brenda Commander, Tribal Chief<br />
Jena Band of Choctaw<br />
Jena, Louisiana<br />
B. Cheryl Smith, Tribal Chief<br />
The “Unto These Hills Drama” is the second<br />
longest running drama in the United States<br />
and tells the history of the Cherokee people.<br />
www.nc-cherokee.com<br />
The Maliseet are recognized as excellent birch<br />
bark basket makers. A single Maliseet basket<br />
can take 20-30 hours to make.<br />
www.maliseets.com<br />
Today, there are more than five times more<br />
Jena Band of Choctaw than in 1910.<br />
www.jenachoctaw.org<br />
Mashantucket Pequot Tribe<br />
Mashantucket, Connecticut<br />
Rodney Butler, Tribal Chairman<br />
Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe<br />
Mashpee, Massachusetts<br />
Cedric Cromwell, Tribal Chairman<br />
Miccosukee Tribe of <strong>Indian</strong>s of Florida<br />
Miami, Florida<br />
Colley Billie, Chairman<br />
The fox in the center of the Tribal symbol<br />
reminds us that the Pequots are known as “The<br />
Fox People.”<br />
In 2004, a native Wampanoag speaker was<br />
born to Mashpee and Aquinnah parents. This<br />
was the first native speaker in about 170 years.<br />
The Alligator Alley Reservation <strong>Area</strong> of<br />
the Miccosukee Tribe is the largest of four<br />
Reservation <strong>Area</strong>s with 74,812 acres.<br />
www.mashantucket.com<br />
www.mashpeewampanoagtribe.com<br />
www.miccosukee.com/tribe<br />
<strong>Nashville</strong> <strong>Area</strong> <strong>Indian</strong> <strong>Health</strong> <strong>Service</strong> www.facebook.com/IHSNAO 85
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