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Dragonfly, Winter 1999 Tribal Connections Awards for Web-based Health Resources

PRESS RELEASE

The University of Washington has announced awards to 16 American Indian and Alaska Native communities in the Pacific Northwest as part of the Tribal Connections Project.

With funding from the National Library of Medicine, the Regional Medical Library at the University of Washington is connecting 16 American Indian and Alaska Native communities to the Internet. The aim is to improve access to social and health resources, emphasizing HIV/AIDS information.

The Tribal Connections Project will:

• Work with American Indian/Alaska Native community leaders in health care, social services, and computer systems.
• Fund installation of network wiring, buy computer hardware, and pay connection charges.
• Provide training and user support to tribal agencies such as health departments, schools, tribal colleges, clinics, environmental agencies, and social service departments.
• Help communities create their own Web sites in order to provide health information to the entire community and to share with others.

An Advisory Panel with broad representation, including American Indian/Alaska Native health professionals and experts in information and communication technologies for American Indian communities, provides guidance and oversight of the project.

Project Staff:

Roy Sahali, Project Manager
Chholing Taha, American Indian Resources Librarian
Linda Milgrom, Project Librarian
Michael Boer, Regional Medical Library Systems Coordinator
Nancy Press, Regional Medical Library Acting Associate Director
Sherrilynne Fuller, Ph.D., Regional Medical Library Director and Principal Investigator
Fred Wood, Ph.D., Project Officer at the National Library of Medicine

Successful Applicant Communities:

Alaska

Arctic Slope Native Association, Barrow
Norton Sound Health Corporation, Nome
South East Alaska Regional Health Consortium, Juneau
Toksook Bay (Yup'ik Eskimo), Toksook Bay

Idaho

Nez Perce Tribe, Lapwai

Montana

Fort Belknap Indian Reservation, Harlem
Fort Peck Tribes, Poplar

Oregon

Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, Pendleton

Washington

Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe, Port Angeles
Lummi Indian Nation, Bellingham
Nisqually Indian Tribe, Olympia
Samish Indian Nation, Anacortes
Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe, Darrington
Spokane Tribe of Indians, Wellpinit
Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians, Arlington
Suquamish Indian Reservation, Suquamish

URL: http://nnlm.gov/pnr/news/199901/tc.html