An announcement made on Tuesday by the Indian Health Service, or IHS, acknowledges that Freedmen citizens of the Seminole Nation were being denied services at the clinic in Wewoka, Okla.
The statement comes months after an allegation was made by Seminole Nation Band Chief LeEtta Osborne-Sampson that Freedmen citizens were being denied access to COVID-19 vaccines.
IHS is the main health service provider for tribal nations across the United States. Its statement on Tuesday directed employees at th...