May 11, 2022
Health Board Awarded $4.5 Million to Combat Youth Suicide and Sexual Assault.
RAPID CITY – The Great Plains Tribal Leaders’ Health Board is taking a step towards developing a comprehensive community behavioral health program in Rapid City. The Health Board was awarded three grants totaling 4.5 million from the Indian Health Service to ...
February 2, 2022
Rosebud Tribal Citizen to Lead Great Plains Tribal Epidemiology Center
RAPID CITY –A citizen of the Rosebud Sioux Nation has been named the Sr. Director of the Great Plains Tribal Epidemiology Center. Tinka Duran, a 14-year Great Plains Tribal Leaders Health Board (GPTLHB) employee, has been chosen to lead the ...
May 11, 2020
CEO Statement on Positive Covid-19 Cases in Rapid City
RAPID CITY — The Oyate Health Center in Rapid City has recently begun seeing an uptick of positive COVID-19 cases at its facility. Jerilyn Church, CEO of the Great Plains Tribal Chairmen’s Health Board and the Oyate Health Center, issued ...
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January 7, 2020
New Urgent Care Hours at Oyate Health Center
RAPID CITY, SD – Beginning on January 20, 2020, the Oyate Health Center will change the hours of its operations. Services provided will be available daily from 6 am-12 midnight, the facility will close from 12:00 Midnight to 6:00 AM to accommodate ...
November 20, 2019
Healthcare Priorities to be Determined by Patients in Rapid City
RAPID CITY –For decades the mission, policies, and programs implemented in Indian Health Service hospitals have been determined by bureaucrats in faraway places. The new healthcare model rolling out at the Oyate Health Center in Rapid City turns that approach ...
November 18, 2019
Oyate Health Center selects top-talent as Chief Medical Officer
New Chief Medical Officer Brings Experience and Knowledge RAPID CITY –When the Oglala Sioux Tribe and the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe chose to take control of the Rapid City Service Unit from the Indian Health Service, it made a promise ...
November 13, 2019
A New Approach to Native American Healthcare in Rapid City
RAPID CITY – Installing a new and innovative approach to patient care is a difficult task that the Great Plains Tribal Chairmen’s Health Board (GPTCHB) and the Oyate Health Center (OHC) are ready to take on. Two weeks ago, more ...
