Topic of the Week
National Origin Discrimination
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Blog of the Week
Thought for the Week
"We never asked for this system; it was imposed on us. Now, they are mismanaging our money--not appropriations or donations, but our own money--and we can't fire them. . . . All that's going to change. We are not going to let them off the hook. There has to be reform and restitution. There has to be justice. "
–Louise Sahagun, Tangled Trust Earns Wrath of Native Americans
List of the Week
from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
American Indians and Alaska Natives in the U.S. labor force
- According to data from the Current Population Survey, the country’s 2.9 million American Indians and Alaska Natives (AIANs) accounted for 1.1 % of the U.S. civilian noninstitutional population age 16 and older in 2018.
- The unemployment rate of AIANs was 6.6 %, considerably higher than the rate of 3.9 % for the country as a whole.
- AIANs were less likely to be working —59.6 % of them participated in the labor force, compared with 62.9 % for the total population.
- AIANs have had higher unemployment rates and lower labor force participation rates throughout the history of the series
Top Five News Headlines
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