Carole Anne Heart

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• In memoriam
• History of GPTLHB
  The Great Plains Tribal Leaders' Health Board was originally founded in 1986 as the Aberdeen Area Tribal Chairmen's Health Board (AATCHB). Established by the chairpersons and presidents of the 18 member tribes and tribal communities, the Health Board sought to serve as a liaison between the Great Plains Area Indian Health Service (GPAIHS), formerly known as the Aberdeen Area Indian Health Service (AAIHS), and the Great Plains tribes. Through the determined efforts and accomplishments of former Executive Director Carole Anne Heart, Rosebud Sioux, the health board expanded by securing funding for the Northern Plains Tribal Epidemiology Center (NPTEC) in 2003.
• Indian Country Today
  Articles by Carole Anne Heart
• Advocate illustrates American Indian health care status
  Lisa Spellman, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Jan 23, 2007. Her presentation was simple, startling and very personal. For more than an hour, Carole Anne Heart weaved stories from her life into the facts and figures she presented about American Indians to the 20 undergraduate students visiting UNMC earlier this month.
• Biography from the 2005 Annual Summer Public Health Research Videoconference
  11th Annual Summer Public Health Research Institute and Videoconference on Minority Health. Dr. Heart was a panelist with the Hon. Melvin L. Watt (Member of Congress representing the 12th Congressional District of North Carolina; Chair, Congressional Black Caucus), Gem P. Daus (Director of Policy, Asian and Pacific Islander American Health Forum), Gary R. Grant (Executive Director, Concerned Citizens of Tillery), Allan S. Noonan (Director, Public Health Program at Morgan State University, and Rosa Pérez Perdomo (Secretary of Health, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico). Carole Anne Heart also gave a presentation the following day (June 21, 2005), "It Takes a Whole Indian Village: Decreasing Health Disparities in Indian Country" [slides]