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Colorado River Service Unit |
London Bridge spans an oasis in the desert. The stakes get wet and wild at a riverside gambling
town. A fantasy land of red rock and aquamarine waters subdue the impatient hand of time. Choose
the isolation of a canyon or a gregarious resort community. This is northwestern Arizona, home
to five diverse Indian tribes.
The Native Americans
Numbering more than 5,200, the Indians who live here are comprised of the Colorado River
Indians (an ethnic mix of Mojave, Hopi, Navajo, and Chemehuevi), Hualapai, Havasupai,
Chemehuevi, and Fort Mojave tribes.
The most well-known tribe is the Havasupai, whose approximately 500 members inhabit a remote
village on the floor of the Grand Canyon. Once a farming society, the residents now rely on the
mule train that brings down their food and modern-day necessities five days a week.
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Services
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• General Medical
• Dental
• Nutrition
• Public Health Nursing
• Mental Health
• Substance Abuse
• Health Education
• Environmental Health
• Social Services
• Emergency Services
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The Chemehuevi Indians, displaced during the creation of Lake Havasu, now live on the
California side of the Colorado River.
You will find all the tribes in this region are bilingual. You will also see a respect for
old and new ways. Health care here gives you the opportunity to view several Indian cultures
from a unique perspective.
Parker, Peach Springs, and Supai
The Colorado River Service Unit is located in the town of Parker and is also the site of
the Parker Indian Hospital. Convenient to the Colorado River and Chemehuevi reservations, the
hospital is less than an hour's drive by most residents.
Parker is a self-sustaining town and most Service Unit employees live here or in Lake Havasu,
only 38 miles away. Peach Springs serves the Hualapai Reservation and is more remote. It's
about an hour from Kingman, the nearest major city. Most isolated is Supai, in the Havasupai
Reservation. When you live here, you rely on foot, hoof, or helicopter power for supplies and
transportation.
The climates here range from the low to high desert, with elevations from 420
feet in Parker to about 4,000 feet at Peach Springs. Hot summers are offset by the many water sports in the area
and by the ideal temperatures in fall, winter and spring.
All the locations provide their own special advantages. Lake Havasu is alive with recreational
activities, and is home to the famous London Bridge.
Laughlin, NV, is the favorite gambling town of the locals, and is right across the Colorado.
Cool your heels in the thick pine forests of northwestern Arizona. Or spend your spare time splashing beneath magnificent Mooney Falls.
Nowhere else can you travel to so many different worlds in so short a time.
Parker Indian Hospital
From this facility, you
will be providing quality health care to the members of
all five tribes. The 20-bed JCAHO-accredited hospital is
staffed by five physicians and one physician's assistant.
We provide the Indian community with general medical care
and pediatric services. Specialty outpatient services are
provided on-site by IHS, by contract specialists or by
off-site referrals. Obstetric patients are generally sent
for delivery to local private facilities. Patients
requiring surgical and more complex hospitalizations are
referred to Phoenix Indian Medical Center, about 150
miles distant.
Peach Springs Health Center
This 40-hour ambulatory
care facility supplements the hospital's health care.
General outpatient services, dental care, and preventive
services are provided by one physician and one
physician's assistant. A contract emergency medical
service offers after-hours transport of patients to
Kingman.
Supai Clinic
Vital ambulatory care
is given to this obscure canyon village by a physician.
Because of its isolation, transportation and
communication remain important health care issues.
Chemehuevi Clinic
A recent addition to
the Service Unit, this small facility provides ambulatory
care three days a week. Medical services for the Fort
Mojave tribe are available through the private medical
community in Needles, CA.
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Fort Mohave Clinic
Services are provided by the tribe.
Community Health Services
Our continuing goal is
to elevate the Indians' health status to the highest
possible level. The programs we offer include public
health nursing, social services, mental health, substance
abuse, health education, environmental health, and
nutritional services.
Help the people in the
Land of Blue-Green Waters. Assist another tribe in
bettering its life. As part of our health care team, you
will not only sharpen your skills, you'll receive the
gratitude of a community. |
Phoenix Area Indian Health Service
Two Renaissance Square • 40 North Central Avenue • Phoenix, AZ 85004-4424
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