Voting
What are 5 out of 11 general barriers?
geographical isolation, physical and natural barriers, poorly maintained or non-existent roads, distance and limited hours of government offices, technological barriers and the digital divide, low levels of educational attainment, depressed socioeconomic conditions, homelessness and housing insecurity, non-traditional mailing addresses, lack of funding for elections, and discrimination.
What are the causes of the failure of the native american schools?
Funding, principles and administrators also have to spend most of their time trying to find funding instead of usual duties.
an agency within the Department of Health and Human Services, is responsible for providing federal health services to American Indians and Alaska Natives.
What is the IHS(Indian Health Service)
What percent of indigenous people live below the poverty line?
What is 33%
What percent of Indigenous people live in rural areas?
80%
What year did Native Americans gain citizenship?
1924
How many schools does BIE support?
183 schools
Who qualifies for the IHS(Indian Health Service)
Federally recognized American Indian and Alaska Natives in the United States
What percent of the labor force do Indigenous people make up?
about 1%
For every 100 American Indian/Alaska Native kindergartners, How many will get a bachelors degree? Compared to 100 white kindergartners?
7 American Indian/Alaska Native kindergartners compared to 34 white kindergartners
What year did Indigenous people get the right to vote?
early 1960’s
How much more likely are native students to drop out of school?
237%
how much more likely(statistically speaking)are natives to suffer from something healthcare would cover?
1.3 times
What kind of jobs are Indigenous people most likely to get?
Manual Labor work
What percentage of the US population identify themselves as Native American?
2% or around 6 million people
What was the last state to allow Native Americans to vote and what year?
Utah in 1962
What percentage of Native students attend public schools?
90%
what percent of native Americans are using Medicaid or other public health cares?
42.1 percent
How many under-housed or homeless indigenous people are there?
90,000 people
What is the high school dropout rate for Indigenous people vs. white people?
13.5% vs. 7.5%
Was the voting act of 1965 successful and does it still continue to be successful?
It was successful and gave Native Americans voting rights but the act is no longer intact.
What are some policy recommendations to close the achievement gap?
One or more of these answers is correct
Ensure access for Native students to a curriculum that prepares them for the rigors of a new economy and college, thus enabling them to fully participate in the workforce.
Address the multi-dimensional, contextual problems associated with decreased achievement in schools before students begin school, thereby helping them arrive at school ready to learn.
Offer an outstanding teaching force to American Indian/Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian students.
Increase the voice of Native peoples and their participation in the work of schools, and make schools more culturally relevant places for Native children.
Increase awareness on the issue of American Indian/Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian student achievement by sharing best practices and research on Native students.
Ensure adequate distribution of resources to Native students.
How much shorter is the life expectancy of a Native American then average US citizen?
4.4 years
What percent of Natives are high school dropouts?
13.5%
What percentage of native Americans voted this last election?
6% and their contribution ended up swinging the states votes changing predicted states.