Health Department
Program Details
The Traditional Healing program strives to help improve the health status of the Yoeme people, and to promote the learning of traditional knowledge for future generations of Yoeme people. The program has been embraced by community members of the various Yoeme communities which is evident by the consistently high levels of usage of its services.
Currently, Marcellina Lucero is the administrator of this program. She helps transport the healers to and from Mexico, makes sure the Healers have their supplies, and helps them while they work at the Health Department with translating, scheduling, and anything else that they need.
Vision
To promote the healing of the Mind, Body and Spirit with Traditional Yoeme Practices through entrustment of the Divine Creator and adhering to the Universal Laws of Healing.
The types of services and therapies provided by the Traditional Healing program include:
Healers
Started as an athletic massager at baseball games in Sonora. He cared for the injured baseball players. Massager of the musculoskeletal, muscles, tendon nerves system and stress related pain.
Also works on childhood illnesses, digestion, massaging the musculoskeletal, stress, tendon, nervous system, spiritual blessings, spiritual counseling, a light herbalist and dream interpreter, etc.
Worked as an interpreter for Healer Maria Matus of Sonora, a well-known Healer. She learned Herbal medicines while working with Maria Matus for many years.
Herbalist, massage for stress, digestion, infertility, diabetes, hypertension, female illnesses and spiritual cleansing, etc.
Started as an apprentice under the direction of Tiofila Mendoza Molina and assisted Tiofila with clientele care.
Light herbalist and massage for stress, digestion, bladder, head/nose/ears/throat, hypertension, infertility, childhood illnesses, infants and spiritual cleansing, etc.
Raised in a home of Healers, learned as a child the herbs and healing properties, assisted in the healing process using herbs on cliental.
Herbalist; healing digestion, fevers & infection, infertility, skin disorders, head/ears/nose/throat, childhood illnesses, infants, women and male disorders, diabetes, hypertension and spiritual cleansing, etc
History
In 1997 the Tribal Council formally approved the establishment of the Traditional Healing Program; it was originally overseen by Dolores A. Flores who the center is now named after. A number of years later the Tribal Council approved additional funding to support the bringing of Traditional Healers from the Yoeme Pueblos in Sonora Mexico, to Tucson and Guadalupe to provide their services at the clinic.
Philosophy
Yoeme Traditional healing is defined by a practice that is inherently holistic in nature where nothing is compartmentalized or isolated. There is a relationship that develops between a client and healer based on trust and faith in the cultural and spiritual values of traditional healing.
There is no fee for services rendered during regular business hours. The Traditional healer’s utmost concern is to ensure the privacy and confidentiality of the patient. Their practice are based on keeping with cultural values, and similar to other complementary and alternative healing practices, on the relationship that develops between healer and the client. Communication defines this relationship and is a means to diagnosis.
Eligibility
Any Pascua Yaqui Tribal member, their spouse (or common law partner), and their minor dependents regardless of residence, and any Pascua Yaqui Tribal employee (does not include their non-tribal family members).
Pascua Yaqui Tribe – Health Department
Dolores A Flores Hiak Hitevi Traditional Healing Program
Tucson: 7490 S. Camino De Oeste, Tucson AZ, 85757
Front desk: (520) 879-6129 or (520) 879-6206
Guadalupe: 9405 S. Avenida Del Yaqui, Guadalupe, AZ 85283
Front desk: (480) 768-2000 or (480) 768-2062
OPERATIONAL HOURS
9 AM – 4:30 PM
12:00 – 1:00 Closed for Lunch
LOCATIONS
TUCSON; 7490 S. Camino De Oeste
January through November (December closed)
GUADALUPE; 9405 S. Avenida Del Yaqui
(Quarterly) January – April – July – October
Dolores A Flores Hiak Hitevi Center
The Integrative Medicine Clinic provides services to the Pascua Yaqui Tribal Community by offering Naturopathic and Chiropractic care. Our intent is to support well-being and longevity by helping one achieve and maintain their health. We are general practitioners and so can help with many health issues including chronic conditions such as diabetes and chronic pain, as well as acute conditions such as colds, flu, and ankle sprains.
We use herbs, acupuncture, nutritional counseling, nutritional supplements, chiropractic adjustments and other treatments to help our patient’s bodies find their own innate balance. In other words, we strive to aid the body in healing itself.
Eligibility: Any Pascua Yaqui Tribal member, their spouse (or common law partner), and their minor dependents regardless of residence, and any Pascua Yaqui Tribal employee (does not include their non-tribal family members)
Services Provided
The Integrative Medicine Clinic provides services to the Pascua Yaqui Tribal Community by offering care from a licensed Naturopathic Doctor, Chiropractor, and a Registered Dietician.
We work to find the best solutions to medical issues in order to decrease or eliminate the need for prescription medications with the help of:
New and established patients:
Appointment scheduling:
30 minutes for Drs Krause, ND
15 minutes for Dr Peterson, DC
30-60 minutes RD (Nutritionist)
15-60 minutes for the Nurse’s clinic – run by staff Ruth Davis LPN, Ivy Valenzuela MA depending on treatment requested
Doctor visits:
Appointments may be scheduled for Dr. Krause (Monday-Friday) and Dr. Peterson (Tuesdays and Thursdays). RD schedule varies.
Nurse Clinic:
Appointments and limited walk-ins are accepted for Biometrics, Ear nada (ear acupuncture), and a variety of other simple acute issues (i.e. cold, allergies, styes of eye).
In order to have an appointment on the nurse’s schedule for an IM shot, IV, or Orthoplus laser and/or microcurrent, one must have a standing order from the Naturopathic doctor or the Chiropractor.
Refill line:
(520) 879-6271
Please leave your name and each supplement you need refilled. Refills will be completed within 3 business days. You will get a call when your refill is ready.
Practitioners:
Support Staff:
Apryl Krause, N.D.
Dr. Apryl Krause is the manager of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe Integrative Medicine clinic and practices medicine there as a Naturopathic Doctor. She has enjoyed working for PYT since 2007 in both the Integrative Medicine Clinic and as the manager of the Diabetes Program. Before coming to PYT she worked as a primary care practitioner in various offices in metro Phoenix, AZ. She has extensive experience working in Integrative Medicine and enjoys working in multidisciplinary clinics. In addition to clinical work she is the Accreditation co-coordinator for the PYT Health Department and participates on many committees for the PYT Health Department. She received a B.A. in English Literature from the University of Colorado, she completed studies in Naturopathic Medicine at the Southwest School of Naturopathic Medicine in Tempe, AZ, and received her Master’s degree in Public Health from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. She is currently enrolled in The University of Arizona’s Fellowship for Integrative Medicine
Jeff H. Peterson, D.C.
Dr. Peterson attended the University of Nebraska at Kearney where he studied biology and pre-medicine. He continued his education at New York Chiropractic College in Seneca Falls, New York, graduating early with honors. He performed his internship in Cheektowaga, New York, a suburb of Buffalo, before moving to Arizona in 1996. Dr. Peterson began his first practice alongside his chiropractic mentor Dr. Mitchell, in Phoenix in 1996. He moved to Tucson and opened Superior Chiropractic on May 1st, 1998. His practice has evolved through the years from only chiropractic care, to adding acupuncture, and now massage therapy. Dr. Peterson was honored to join the Pascua Yaqui team in August of 2012, where he works two days a week in the Integrative Medicine Clinic.
Dolores A Flores Hiak Hitevi Integrative Medicine Clinic
7490 S Camino de Oeste
Tucson AZ, 85757
Located in Health Department I
Phone: (520) 879-6129 | Fax: (520) 879-6215 | Refill: (520) 879-6271