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Native Americans fret as
report card released on COUNT ME IN!
2020 census
By FELICIA FONSECA and banking, dropped off pro-
MIKE SCHNEIDER motional material at en-
Associated Press trances to tribal lands that
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — were closed to visitors and
Plans for the 2020 census tried to entice people to fill
were set well in advance to out the census with sacks of
ensure Native Americans flour and potatoes at road-
living on reservations were side stands.
counted more accurately Despite a well-financed
than during the 2010 cen- campaign, Native Ameri-
sus, when almost 5% of the cans expect those living
population was missed. on about 300 reservations
COVID-19, politics and an across the U.S. to be under- In this Aug. 26, 2020 photo, a sign promoting Native American participation in the U.S. census is
ever-changing deadline counted again. They’ll find displayed as Selena Rides Horse enters information into her phone on behalf of a member of the
that cut the decennial out Thursday just how good Crow Indian Tribe in Lodge Grass, Mont.
count short weren’t in those a job the Census Bureau Associated Press
plans. Instead of canvass- believes it did in counting race, Hispanic origin, sex you are looking at ‘How do director of NAVA Educa-
ing neighborhoods and every U.S. resident during and age. I support this huge health tion Project, which led the
setting up at huge events the 2020 census when the “At the end of the day risk in my community,’ it re- New Mexico Native Census
like the Gathering of Na- statistical agency releases when you have your whole ally wasn’t at the forefront Coalition.
tions in New Mexico, ad- two reports assessing the religious calendar that has of everyone’s minds,” said
vocates turned to phone national count based on been discontinued, when Ahtza Chavez, executive Continued on Page 2