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Choctaw Nation gets IHS contract
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TUESDAY, MAY 21, 2002 The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma has been awarded a unique contract from the Indian Health Service. The tribe will become a hiring firm for IHS dental clinics throughout the country. The five-year contract has the potential to be worth $15 million a year, according to tribal calculations. The tribe provides similar services for the Department of Defense, the U.S. Army, Air Force and Navy, and the Immigration and Naturalization Service. Get the Story:
Choctaws to hire dentists for clinics (The Daily Oklahoman 5/21)
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