Tag: Alaska Natives

American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month

By Diversity Insight Nov 13, 2011 Diversity & Inclusion

Updated: Nov 13, 2011

American Indians and Alaska Natives is one of the six major race categories. Each November, the United States celebrates American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month. Here are some facts from the U.S. Census Bureau on the group: As of the 2010 Census, the population of American Indians and Alaska Natives in the United States […]

American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month

By Diversity Insight Nov 16, 2008 Diversity & Inclusion

Updated: Nov 16, 2008

The first American Indian Day was celebrated in May 1916 in New York. Red Fox James, a Blackfeet Indian, rode horseback from state to state getting endorsements from 24 state governments to have a day to honor American Indians. In 1990, President George H.W. Bush signed a joint congressional resolution designating November 1990 as “National […]

More than 300 counties now “majority-minority”

By Diversity Insight Apr 21, 2008 Diversity & Inclusion

Updated: Apr 21, 2008

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, nearly one in every 10 of the nation’s 3,141 counties has a population that is more than 50 percent minority. The two largest counties passing the threshold are Denver County, Colorado, and East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, with total populations of 566,974 and 429,073, respectively. Three other counties were […]