![]() ![]() Profits from the tribe’s casino have helped the 12,000 members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians opt out of the troubled U.S. “It doesn’t look like a hospital, and it doesn’t feel like a hospital,” Kristy Nations said on a recent visit to pick up medications at the pharmacy. The hospital’s motto - “Ni hi tsa tse li” or “It belongs to you” - is written in Cherokee syllabary on the wall at the main entrance. Rattlesnake Mountain, which the Cherokee elders say holds ancient healing powers, is visible from most angles. Light pours through large windows and glass ceilings of the Cherokee Indian Hospital onto a fireplace, a waterfall and murals. Lessons from Abroad: How Europeans have tackled opioid addiction and what the U.S. ![]()
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