Indigenous people have long struggled to retain their rights as autonomous self-governing
people. These struggles have sometimes involved litigation, sometimes political …

The descendants of the First Peoples of the Americas (labeled “American Indians and
Alaska Natives” in the federal definition) are a particularly challenging group to count in …

Health policy in the United States has been shaped by the political, socioeconomic, and
ideological environment, with important roles played by public and private actors, as well as …

Abstract Conceptualizing and operationalizing American Indian populations is challenging.
Each census for decades has seen the American Indian population increase substantially …

More than one million people reported their race as American Indian/Alaska Native (AIAN) in
the 2000 US census but did not do so in the 1990 census. We ask three questions. First …

Race and Ethnicity in America examines patterns and trends in racial and ethnic inequality
over recent decades. John Iceland shows how color lines have generally softened over time …

Using data from the American Community Survey for the period 2006–2010, this study
provides up-to-date demographic information about poverty among American Indians and …

When Americans think about race,“white” is often the furthest thing from their minds. Yet
whiteness colors so much of social life in the United States, from the organization and …

The number of people identifying as American Indian has increased exponentially in recent
decades and the largest increases have occurred in non-reservation environments …

Who has which job? When this answer differs by race group or sex, inefficiencies such as
labor market discrimination or suboptimal investment in education may be impeding …