By: Brittany McKane, Mvskoke & Seminole , Generation Indigenous Ambassador In 2010, my 8th grade homeroom teacher stressed the importance of completing the census questionnaire. Our educators heavily emphasized that we would not be afforded another opportunity to be counted for another 10 years, making it incredibly imperative that we used that year’s Census to ensure our […]
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You may be hearing a lot about the Census and may be thinking, why is my or my communities participation important? By taking the census you help provide information that helps policymakers, local officials, companies, and organizations assess the resources and needs of communities across the country. We are talking about federal dollars for programs you care […]
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By: Lyric Aquino, Tewa from Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo, 2019 NAJA Fellow When I check my ethnicity on government forms, I can’t help but smile to myself as I press my pen to paper and select the American Indian or Alaska Native box. Less than 100 years ago, my Indigenous ancestors, their friends and loved ones […]
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By: Roger Beyal, Navajo Nation, Generation Indigenous Ambassador “Yá’át’ééh, My name is Roger Beyal Jr, Ádóone’é nishłínígíí’éí (My Clans are) Tó Dich’ii’nii (Bitter Water Clan) nishłí. Kin łichii’nii (Red House Clan) ‘éí bá shíshchíín. Naneesht’ézhí Táchii’nii (Charcoal streaked of the red running into water Clan) dashicheii aadóó Ma’ii deeshgiizhnii (Coyote Pass Clan) dashinálí. I am […]
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