The first American Indian Day was celebrated in May 1916 in New York. Red Fox James, a Blackfeet Indian, rode horseback from state to state, getting endorsements from 24 state governments, to have a day to honor American Indians. In 1990, President George H.W. Bush signed a joint congressional resolution designating November 1990 as "National…

The labor force report includes all American Indians 16 years and older except for those who cannot work because they are attending school, caring for children, or because of disability, retirement, or age. The total population distributed by broad age groups and by sex is given. Labor force status is not known for the various age groups. Since…

THIS PUBLICATION PRESENTS THE RESULTS OF A STUDY OF THE SOCIOCULTURAL BACKGROUNDS OF THE PAIUTE, WASHOE, AND SHOSHONE INDIANS OF NEVADA. INCLUDED ARE AN OUTLINE OF GENERAL PROBLEMS PERTAINING TO INDIAN EDUCATION, SOME DISTINCT CULTURAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE DOMINANT NON-INDIAN SOCIETY AND THE INDIAN SOCIETY, AND THE PREHISTORIC ASPECTS OF THE…

STATISTICAL DATA ARE PRESENTED ON THE INDIAN POPULATION OF OKLAHOMA, ALONG WITH A BRIEF HISTORY OF SOME OF THE 67 INDIAN TRIBES FOUND IN THE STATE AND NARRATIVE SUMMARIES OF THE STATISTICAL DATA. MAPS OF CURRENT AND PAST INDIAN LANDS ARE SHOWN IN RELATION TO CURRENT COUNTY LINES. GRAPHS PORTRAY POPULATION COMPOSITION, RURAL AND URBAN POPULATION…

Emphasizing recent recognition of the Nebraska Indian Commission's role as a State level voice capable of articulating Nebraska American Indian priority needs via appropriate legislation and/or proper agency communication, this third report by the Nebraska Indian Commission (January-June 1973) focuses on individual reports relative to the Omaha…

Emphasizing its permanency as a State Agency, this 1973-74 annual report by the Nebraska Indian Commission presents the following: (1) Commission Membership; (2) Nebraska Indian Commission Committees (local, county, state, Federal, foundation, church-funded programs; legislative; education; health and welfare; legal services); (3) A Comprehensive…

Employment problems, and the related personal and social difficulties encountered by Indian Americans in the Twin Cities metropolitan area of Minnesota are discussed. Topics include: rural-urban and intra-city population movements; Indian employment agency experiences; a survey of employment center application files; factors associated with…

Twenty graphs and charts provide a 1980 statistical profile of American Indian, Eskimo, and Aleut populations for the United States. Data indicate the 1980 Indian, Eskimo, and Aleut population was 1,420,400, an increase of 592,132 since 1970; little population change by region occurred during the decade, with 49% still located in the West; states…

Intended to be a central source of information on where to acquire statistics on the social and economic characteristics of various racial groups, this report includes references on printed reports, computer tapes, and special calculations. The racial categories of white, negro or black, Indian, Japanese, Chinese, Filipino, Hawaiian, Korean,…