NCAI to host Indian Country Counts kickoff
Indianz.com, Friday, October 9, 2009
The National Congress of American Indians will host the kickoff for the "Indian Country Counts" campaign at its 66th annual conference in Palm Springs, California, next week.
The U.S. Census Bureau hopes to improve the count of American Indians and Alaska Natives for the 2010 Census. Historically, Native American, along with Native Hawaiians, are the most undercounted group in the nation.
Census Director Robert Groves will be at the conference to reaffirm the agency's Indian Country policy.
Duane Champagne is a member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa from North Dakota. He is Professor of Sociology and American Indian Studies, a member of the Faculty Advisory Committee for the UCLA Native Nations Law and Policy Center, Senior Editor
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