Interesting. This is a very nuanced addition to a complex picture. I am not sure what point you are trying to make if any but -- real per capita income increasing from $5814 to $7472 is significant, yes, but...
On the other hand it does show that self-determination is making a difference, which makes sense since federal management of Native American affairs was apathetic at best and more usually horrific. So this is good news and possibly an argument against the government being there to help. On a third hand I am not sure you can consider the question while throwing out the Navaho Nation, which is large enough to skew the income statistics for the entire state of New Mexico. And on a fourth -- can income increases really always be considered progress? At least some of this population has no desire to participate in a cash economy and is able to successfully decline to do so. On yet another other hand, a lot of them are Navaho and this would be an argument in favor of excluding them. This is a topic I know quite a bit about as Albuquerque is surrounded by casinos, Navahos who do go to college tend to go to UNM and oh by the way I have had a number of dealings with the economic development officer of an Indian tribe in Texas. Oh and I am a student of the local Native American culture. So yes, I'll be delighted to talk with you about this as long as you know what you are getting into, lol. Dana On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 15:08:16 -0600, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Growth Seen in Native American Incomes > > January 31, 2005 � Native Americans are still much more likely to be > poor than other Americans, but their incomes have been growing > significantly. From 1990 to 2000, average incomes for Indians living > on reservations increased at three times the rate of the overall U.S. > population. And a new Harvard study says the gains are not all due to > casino gambling. > > http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/hpaied/pubs/cabazon.htm > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:145692 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
