The Maniilaq Association is a tribally-operated health and social services organization serving the Northwest Arctic Borough and the North Slope community of Point Hope . Maniilaq has over 500 employees and is the largest employer in the region.
6-428: "Maniiḷaq" is a word in the Iñupiaq language meaning "without money", reflecting the organization's nonprofit status. It is also the name of an early nineteenth century prophet who lived in the region. The Northwest Alaska Native Association (NANA) was formed in 1966 to advocate for the land claims of the Native people of the northwest arctic. After the passage of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act in 1971, NANA
12-413: A hunter and a healer in northwest Alaska. Various stories about him include that he heard voices predicting that people would come to Alaska, that he had prophetic visions of boats that were propelled by fire or that flew in the air, and that he heard voices from a higher power who he said identified as abba. Some also say that Maniiḷaq rested every seventh day. Other prophecies attributed to Maniiḷaq include
18-811: The Indian Health Service 's local hospital program on July 1, 1988. Maniilaq Health Center in Kotzebue is the primary health care facility for the residents of the Northwest Arctic Borough and Point Hope. The 80,000 square foot hospital houses facilities to provide primary, emergency, psychiatric, dental, and long-term care, as well as an inpatient wing with 17 beds for recovering patients. Maniilaq operates clinics in 11 outlying villages. These villages are staffed by Community Health Aide Practitioners (CHAPs), who are trained in basic health assessment and can treat common illnesses or use
24-567: The Community Health Aide Manual to determine the best course of action. For more complicated cases, the CHAPs communicate with Maniilaq Health Center medical staff. Maniilaq Maniiḷaq ( English: / m ə ˈ n iː l ə k / ; Inupiaq: [mɐniːʎɑq] ) is a figure of Iñupiat legend and history. He lived in the 19th century before colonialists arrived in his area of northwest Alaska . He lived as
30-486: The prophecy that the village of Ambler, Alaska would one day become a large metropolis, and that a whale would swim upriver and appear at Ambler. It is said that Maniiḷaq practiced traditional medicine , and also that he resisted the dominant cultural order of shamanism . He is an important figure in Northwest Alaska Christian communities. The most distant future event he predicted was a day that
36-664: Was renamed to the Mauneluk Association to avoid confusion with the new, for-profit NANA Regional Corporation . This spelling was later changed, giving the organization its current name. In 1975, Maniilaq merged with the Kotzebue Area Health Corporation, which had been formed in 1973. Between 1980 and 1981, Maniilaq underwent a significant expansion with the construction of a new health facility in Kotzeube . Maniilaq assumed management of
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