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Sioux San Clinic Now Oyate Health; IHS Transfers Management

SDPB Radio | By Victoria Wicks

Published July 21, 2019 at 8:18 PM CDT

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The new sign at the entrance with the old Sioux San lettering on brick. Still visible are even older letters that once read "Sanatorium."

Photo by Victoria Wicks

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GPTCHB hosted a community picnic on Sunday, July 21, in the tent where the reception was held the night before.

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The reception tent blazed white light into the night on the grounds of Sioux San Saturday night.

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This weekend, July 20 and 21, people gathered at Sioux San in Rapid City to celebrate the opening of the Oyate Health Center.

At midnight Saturday, the Great Plains Tribal Chairmen's Health Board assumed primary control of management at the Indian Health Services facility.

The celebration started with a reception at 11 p.m. and a ribbon cutting and smudging ceremony an hour later.

SDPB's Victoria Wicks has this report.