Urban Indian America

The Status of American Indian & Alaska Native Children & Families Today

By the National Urban Indian Family Coalition

January 1, 2008

Summary

Native people face some of the most dire socio-economic conditions of any group in America, and urban Indians are a group that faces unique challenges. There is a critical lack of research on the issues facing Native families residing in urban areas and the important differences between urban Indians and Indians residing on tribal lands. There is a need for more data to address the unique and common concerns that Native people in America's cities share with each other and with their reservation-based relatives.

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Socio-economic conditions of native people

There is a critical lack of research on the issues facing Native families residing in urban areas and virtually no research focused directly on understanding and alleviating the many social ills this population currently suffers, such as disparities in rates of poverty, disability status, educational attainment, employment, and single-parent status.

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