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 />
Passamaquoddy Tribe Pleasant Point<br />
Pleasant Point, Maine<br />
Clayton Cleaves, Chief<br />
Penobscot <strong>Indian</strong> Nation<br />
<strong>Indian</strong> Island, Maine<br />
Kirk Francis, Chief<br />
Poarch Band of Creek <strong>Indian</strong>s<br />
Atmore, Alabama<br />
Buford Rolin, Chairman<br />
The five point star on the right side of the<br />
Passamaquoddy flag represents the Tribe as<br />
being to the East and the People of the Dawn.<br />
The first elected Penobscot Chief, Joe Attean,<br />
was a guide for Henry Thoreau in the 1850’s<br />
while he visited Maine.<br />
For over 40 years, the Poarch Band of Creek<br />
<strong>Indian</strong>s have held the Thanksgiving Day Pow<br />
Wow which attracts over 10,000 visitors annually.<br />
www.wabanaki.com<br />
www.penobscotnation.org<br />
www.poarchcreekindians.org<br />
Seminole Tribe of Florida<br />
Hollywood, Florida<br />
James Billie, Chairman<br />
Seneca Nation of <strong>Indian</strong>s<br />
Irving, New York<br />
Robert Porter, President<br />
Shinnecock Nation of <strong>Indian</strong>s<br />
Southampton, New York<br />
Dyáni Brown, Chairperson<br />
In 1989, the Seminole Tribune – a newspaper<br />
published by the Seminole Tribe – won the<br />
Robert F. Kennedy Award. This was the first<br />
time an <strong>Indian</strong> newspaper received the award.<br />
The Seneca Nation (Keepers of the Western<br />
Door) is the only Nation to own a U.S. city –<br />
Salamanca, New York.<br />
Traditionally, the Shinnecock were whalers<br />
and constructed dugout canoes to navigate the<br />
Atlantic Sea.<br />
www.semtribe.com<br />
www.sni.org<br />
www.shinnecocknation.org<br />
<strong>Nashville</strong> <strong>Area</strong> <strong>Indian</strong> <strong>Health</strong> <strong>Service</strong> www.facebook.com/IHSNAO 87
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