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Public health nurses in the Indian Health Service bring medical care to the reservations. The Indian Health Service provides comprehensive health services to Native Americans and tries to assist tribes in obtaining and using health resources available through federal, state, and local programs. It also serves as the principal federal advocate for American Indians and Alaska Natives in the health field. In 1988 the Indian Health Service was made a separate agency within the Public Health Service with the same rank as other agencies such as the National Institutes of Health and the Food and Drug Administration.
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