The Aberdeen Area :: History :: Tribal Background :: Area Cities
The Aberdeen Area
| Community | Population |
|---|---|
| Cheyenne River, SD | 7,729 |
| Crow Creek, SD | 4,197 |
| Flandreau, SD | 943 |
| Fort Berthold, ND | 6,506 |
| Spirit Lake, ND | 4,737 |
| Lower Brule, SD | 1,665 |
| Ponca, NE | 8,415 |
| Omaha, NE | 2,975 |
| Pine Ridge, SD | 18,549 |
| Rapid City, SD | 8,986 |
| Rosebud, SD | 11,302 |
| Sac & Fox, IA | 1,353 |
| Sisseton, SD | 5,293 |
| Standing Rock, ND & SD | 8,317 |
| Trenton, ND | 1,188 |
| Turtle Mountain, ND | 10,981 |
| Winnebago, NE | 4,593 |
| Yankton, SD | 4,232 |
| Aberdeen Area | 111,961 |
Aberdeen Area Indian Health Service serves American Indians in North and South Dakota, Nebraska and Iowa. 13 service units and five tribally operated facilities throughout the region provide health care to more than 100,000 people on reservations located in the four-state area. In addition, residents of more urban populations are served by two Urban Indian Health Programs, funded through grants and contracts from the Indian Health Service. South Dakota Urban Indian Health clinics are located in Pierre, Aberdeen, & Sioux Falls. Nebraska Urban Indian Health Coalition, Inc. has a clinic in Lincoln, NE and a substance abuse treatment center located in Omaha. You will find an incredible diversity of climate, terrain and population. While there are larger cities like Sioux Falls, South Dakota or Omaha, Nebraska, most of the area is comprised of small rural communities separated by miles of open prairie.
The challenges experienced by residents of the Aberdeen Area Indian Health Service, as with people all over Indian Country nationwide, are many. According to the Indian Health Service's current population survey (1997-1999), Native American families are larger than the average American family, lack adequate health insurance, suffer lower household median incomes and live in poverty at three times the national average. They also experience disproportionate rates of diabetes, heart disease, asthma and other lung related illnesses.
With challenges come opportunities. The opportunity to offer high quality preventive care to women in remote rural areas through advances in telecommunications, digital imaging and computer technology is innovative and exciting. By offering the skills of your hands and compassion of your heart to the Mobile Women's Health Unit project, you bring help and hope to an underserved population, raising the levels of health care and making a difference in people's lives.
