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Show I Public Healf h Director Named For life Indians Unique Program For Tribe To Start Feb. 13 Information was received yesterday yes-terday from Washington through a telegram from Sen.. Arthur V Watkins that the Division of Indian In-dian Health, Education and Welfare, Wel-fare, of the appointment of Miss Nell McKeever to work with the Ute Indian Tribe on the Uintah-Ouray Uintah-Ouray Reservation. According to Sen. Watkins, the appointment of Miss McKeever as Health Coordinator to work amono the Ute Indians' is1 the first time this program has been done exactly ex-actly in this fashion on a long-range long-range cooperative basis with tribal leaders. According to R. O. Curry, tribal trib-al manager, prior to the division of the full and mixed bloods several sev-eral months ago, the full bloods had a similar program in their planning. However, the division of the tribe delayed action until this time. In Service Since 1946 Miss McKeever will be coming to Fort Duchesne with ten years of experience and a fine college background, and will attempt to set up in cooperation with the existing tribal health department, a new program that is designed to fit into the cultural patterns of the Ute Indians. A native of Tulsa, Oklahoma, Miss McKeever is assistant chief, division of public health education, public health service for the Bureau Bur-eau of Indian Affairs. She is a graduate of Loyola of Chicago, holds a Master's degree from the University of North Carolina, and has been in public health work since' 1946. Miss McKeever will work very closely with Dr. John Fruge, medical med-ical adviser for the Ute Tribe and the Indian Department. The program pro-gram will not be connected with the Indian Department, but is a tribal project, Mr. Curry reported. As soon as Miss McKeever reports re-ports to Fort Duchesne, which is expected on Monday, Feb. 13, a more detailed program will be announced an-nounced through the public health office of the tribe. |