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

Upper Skagit Tribe An original signatory of the Treaty of Point Elliott, the Upper Skagit people are descended from a tribe with ten separate villages on the Upper Skagit and Sauk Rivers in Washington state. Our ancestors eventually consolidated, but a separate reservation was not originally established, and some tribal members had to reside on other reservations, primarily Swinomish. Our Tribe received formal federal recognition in early 1970s, with land put into trust for the tribe in 1984. The Tribe provides limited primary care services in a 4,500 SF medical clinic built in 1995. Health programs are funded through the IHS. The user population in 1998 was 408. The Tribe operates the following programs: Family Services Program, including outpatient primary care, public health nursing, community health representatives, substance abuse counseling, nutrition, and mental health Patients may also receive direct medical care services at the Lummi Tribal Health Centers Northwest Washington Service Unit Health Board (NWSUHB) member Part-time sanitarian services, including supervision of contaminated waste handling, food handling permits, health inspections of tribal facilities, water quality and sewage management, vector control and solid waste disposal Contact Information: Upper Skagit Tribal Health 25959 Community Plaza Way Sedro Wolley, WA 98284 Phone: 360-856-4200