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McIntosh, Billie Jane – 1986
The unemployment rate for Native Americans is 49% nationwide and 54% in Arizona. The Job Training Partnership Act (JPTA) program at the Phoenix Indian Center trains Native American adults to enter the urban work force. The Center offers work orientation programs, individual counseling, and work experience programs. The majority of the participants…
Descriptors: Alcoholism, American Indian Culture, Cross Cultural Training, Drug Abuse
An Overview of the Labor Market Problems of Indians and Native Americans. Research Report No. 89-02.
Download full textAinsworth, Robert G. – 1989
This booklet provides an overview of the labor market problems facing Indians and Native Americans, the most economically disadvantaged ethnic group in the United States. It summarizes Indian policy, particularly major policies and laws that relate to early trade restrictions and the exploitation of Indians through trade; their forced removal from…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, American Indian Reservations, American Indians
