Overseeing the delivery of Health Care to Native American people in the Northwest

Shoshone-Bannock Tribe The geography of the Shoshone-Bannock ancestral lands is impressive. It includes parts of Montana, Idaho, Yellowstone National Park, and northern Utah, Nevada and California. Today, the Shoshone and Bannock Tribes' Fort Hall Reservation is on the upper reaches of the Snake River in southeastern Idaho. The reservation's name, Fort Hall, comes from a trading post that was built on the tribe's wintering grounds near the Snake in the early 1800s. Nine emigrant trails, including the Oregon Trail, passed through Fort Hall, Idaho. Today the Tribes on the Fort Hall Reservation are organized as a sovereign government and provide many services to Tribal members and non-Indians with the revenues from agriculture, gaming business enterprises, tourism and many other operations. The Not-tsoo-Gah-Nee Health Center opened in 1990. User population was 5,719 in 1998. Clinic services include: Out-patient Primary Care, Mental Health, Dental, Pharmacy, Lab, X-ray, Optometry, Podiatry, Audiology, and Social Services This combination of services is jointly provided by IHS and Tribal health professionals. The Health Center is the first in the United States to achieve a joint accreditation of IHS and Tribal programs, an innovative and effective approach to health care Additional Tribal Health Programs include: Health Administration, Maternal and Child Health, Public Health Nurse, Preventive Health, and First Responder Community Health Representatives, Counseling & Family Services, Victims of Crime Assistance, Social Services, Elderly Nutrition, Youth Transitional Living Center, Recreation, and Chemical Dependency Contact Information: Fort Hall Service Unit Not-tsoo-Gah-nee Health Center PO Box 717 Fort Hall, ID 83202 Phone: 208-238-2400