I sent Skinner a pm the other day, no response back yet.

I think in this new system, you have to post in a thread that Skinner has in the Meta Forum.

I already posted in it but, I am fine with you being the Host.

can have up to 20 hosts, so the host "boat" is rather big,

So far there is only two, Tuesday Afternoon, and myself, anyone else interested?

I just joined today so they won't let me post a new thread yet. But keep me in mind as a host for the future. I might like getting involved. I sent you my own issue regarding the health issues with the Seminole Tribe of Florida. I may be well on my way to stand up for my ownself on this issue which is affecting other Indians in Florida and could be anywhere at anytime. If you missed my other post on your thread, here it is again.

And it is not always the US Government that does the oppressing!! The Seminole Tribe of Florida is denying tribal members of other tribes to use their health facilities as of 7-1-12 for any chronic problem if your are not Seminole, yet my Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma tribe sees every person of Native American heritage with a CDIB. So who is the oppressor? IHS meant for us all to have access to medical care. The Seminole Health states they will no longer treat anyone not Seminole for chronic conditions. Diabetes is a chronic condition and is prevalent in all our Indian families. They will see us for acute condition- short term duration like the flue and Indians living in Florida with Diabetes or other chronic illness patients are now uninsurable and thrown to the wolves. If you can help by faxing or sending letters stating this is unfair treatment, I would appreciate it. I am Choctaw and my tribe Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma treats all Indians of all tribes in clinics across Okla.
Connie Whidden is the Seminole Health Director- Her Fax 954-985-8456-Phone 954-962-2009 address Seminole Tribe of Florida 3006 Josie Billie Ave., Hollywood, Fl. 33024

Thank you for allowing me to address this issue on your thread. Today is my first day as a member at DU, and they won't allow me to start my own thread yet. I am in tears, I was insurable when I started going to their clinic 7 years ago. Now that I have diabetes I can no longer buy affordable insurance. The govt insurance is $370.00 per month for one person my age (55).If the Seminoles can do this to me, it can be done to any Indian anywhere.

but not ha ha funny. A lot of IHS's I have used are goofy, including my own tribal IHS. If you don't live at home, where your tribe is located it appears you aren't Indian anymore....for example

I'm Haida, been out of Alaska since 2001, and I cannot qualify for any Haida assistance, or tribal assistance because I don't live in state, its like I'm no longer Indian....

Another example:

My mother in law, and her sister are both Cherokee, and they live on the Missouri side....they both had really horrible health issues, one had a broken arm, the other has kidney stones, and a host of other ailments, and IHS won't cover them because they live out of the 14 county area of Oklahoma.....about the only thing IHS's covers for them is their diabetic testing/pills, just about everything else is a big middle finger. For more expansive help we usually have to go to Claremore, or Hastins in Tahlequah, but even then they like showing you the middle finger, because we don't live in state, or in county.....

From what I've heard earlier this year at the Congress of American Indians, is that they are trying to get all federally recognized tribal members a medical card, which can be used at any hospital across the nation....

My father in law is ex military, and he has ran into similar issues, if he doesn't live in state, the VA tries to turn him away(in the past though, currently he has found his niche).