The conference was the first conference at a national level to deal solely with American Indian health needs. Representatives of 31 Indian health boards and 49 states gathered together to learn more about and discuss some of the most vital issues facing the delivery of health services to Native Americans today. In an important attempt to understand and gain input into National Health Insurance before the issue becomes a finality in this country, participants listened to an explanation of current proposed National Health Insurance legislation. They also heard a proposed Indian position on the subject, a composite of the different positions submitted over the previous year by tribes and health boards to a core group under sponsorship of the National Indian Health Board (NIHB). Panel discussions dealt with the National Health Planning and Resource Development Act and its health board applications in various parts of the country, the Indian Self Determination Act and its implications, the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, and tribal and urban health board development and management. An overriding concern voiced during workshop sessions was the need felt by non-reservation Indians for representation on NIHB and conference participants later decided as a body to ask NIHB to research the possibility of an off-reservation member. This paper presents an abbreviated transcript of the conference, the resolutions passed by the participants, and the resolutions referred to the National Health Insurance Core group. (Author/NQ)