IHS Tribal Summit - 70th Anniversary Part 3

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) · February 13, 2026

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Opening welcome and recognition of tribal partners

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Unidentified Speaker opened the event, thanked tribal and urban Indian leaders, and introduced four partner groups to receive recognition: the Direct Service Tribes Advisory Committee, the Tribal Self-Governance Advisory Committee, the National Council of Urban Indian Health, and the National Indian Health Board.

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At a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services event marking 70 years of the Indian Health Service, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. outlined several concrete initiatives for tribal health, including phasing out mercury dental amalgams, a major hiring push, and $1 billion in infrastructure funding beginning fiscal 2027.

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