Tribal health issues

The Northern Arapaho Tribe is taking a case against the Department of Health and Human Services to the U.S. Supreme Court. The lawsuit in question, Becerra v. Northern Arapaho Tribe, revolves around funding for health care and questions of tribal self-governance – and its outcome could have a big impact on the financial future of the tribe.

Cassie Weed, Epidemiological Data Coordinator at Central Wyoming College, said typically sciences have strayed away from including more personal details of a community, but she said in this series they are going to dig into the more complex needs of tribal communities.

After years of poor health services, the Northern Arapaho tribe took over the management of their health clinic from the federal government. Last week the…

The state of Wyoming along with the Northern Arapaho and the Eastern Shoshone tribes have successfully submitted an application for a Medicaid Waiver.If…