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Monday, November 2nd

National American Indian Heritage Month

This is National American Indian Heritage Month, with a wide variety of events planned across the country. There are an estimated 4.5 million American Indians and Alaska Natives in the U.S., about 1½ percent of the total population.

California is home to the highest number of these communities, at nearly 690,000, followed by Oklahoma with close to 400,000. Los Angeles County leads all of the nation’s counties with the number of people in this racial category.

American Indians and Alaska Natives were the largest minority group in five states across the U.S.

You can find these and more facts about America from the U.S. Census Bureau online at <www.census.gov>.

Sources:  www.loc.gov/law/help/commermorative-observations/american-indian.php
U.S. Census Bureau, Facts for Features, CB08-FF.18
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/012782.html

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