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To Secy
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Re: Health - Hualapai
Resolution

Whereas the Hualapai Indians of Arizona are in desperate need of medical and hospital facilities and 

Whereas there are approximately 500 Hualapai Indians in and around Peach Springs with no medical or hospital facilities and 

Whereas the nearest available hospital is at Phoenix, some 225 miles, or at Ft Defiance some 358 miles, and or Mohave County Hospital at Kingman some 52 miles for emergency cases only, and

Whereas, there is now located a Hospital at Valentine, some 17 miles from Peach Springs which has been closed for the past two years, and

Whereas if the Hospital facilities were made available at Valentine, it would relieve the dire need of medical & hospital facilities among the Hualapais, and 

Whereas for a further reason to reopen the facilities at Valentine, a feeling of resentment on the part of the white patients & officials against the intruding Hualapai patients, has resulted in a loss of confidence [[strikethrough]] and [[/strikethrough]] on the part of the Hualapai against the facilities at [[strikethrough]] Phoenix [[/strikethrough]] the Mohave County hospital at Kingman.