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1985 American Indian Population and Labor Force Report 1 (1985)

handle is hein.amindian/amindpl1985 and id is 1 raw text is: O I Financial Management September 1984 LOCAL ESTIMATES OF RESIhENT INDIAN POPULATION AND LABOR FORCE STATUS: JANUARY 1985 INTRODUCTION Coverage & Definitions: The term resident Indian means Indians living on Federal reservations or nearby who are considered part of the service population of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. The term near reservations as defined in CFR 25 par. 20.1 (r), means those areas or communities adjacent or coantiguous to reservations which are designated by the operational head of the Bureau upon recommendation of the local Bureau Superintendent,'which recommendations shall be based upon consultation with the tribal governing body of those reservations as locales appropriate for the extension of financial assistance and/or services, on the basis of such general criteria as: (1) number of Indian people native to the reservation residing in the area; (2) a written designation of the tribal governing body that members of their tribe and family members who are Indian residing in the area, are socially, culturally and economically affiliated with their tribe and reservation; (3) geographical proximity of the area to the reservation, and (4) administrative feasibility of providing an adequate level of services to the area. Special legislation governs eligibility in Alaska and Oklahoma, as defined in CFR 25 par. 20.20. Essentially these conditions mean that (1) the applicant must be an Indian, except that in the States of Alaska and Oklahoma a one-fourth degree or imire Indian or Native blood quantum will be an additional eligibility requirement; and (2) the applicant must reside on a reservation; or (3) the applicant must reside near reservation as specifically defind in par. 20.1(r). In Alaska the figures include all Alaska Natives, i.e. Aleuts, Eskimos, as well as indians. Since very few are actually living on reservation, the term nearby refers to all the rest ol Alaska. In Oklahoma, the area covered encompasses former reservations. Thus, in both states the Bureau's responsibility extends almost entirely to the total Indian population of those states. The statistics compiled herein refer basically to the population of a geographic area; they do not necessarily refer to tribal membeiship. Such figures are maintained by the individual tribes according to their specific rules of membership, which may include Indian members wherever they may be living. The total of approximately 786,000 Indians covered in these tables represents slightly more than half of the Indian population of the United States, which in the 1980 U.S. census numbered 1.4 million including Eskimos and Aleuts. The remainder consists of members of Federally recognized tribes who live off-reserv- ation, or Indian people who are not members of any Federally recognized tribe, or those who claimed Indian ancestry. Estimated Figures: The local Agency offices of the Bureau of Indian Affairs estimate the data using whatever information may be available for the reservation. Accuracy varies from place to place; it is relatively high at small, isolated locations where everyone's activity is common knowledge. On the

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