Because of these updates, it is unsure if the growth is a result of true population growth or if more people are identifying racially as Native American. The agency prioritized counting the ...

This includes people who identify with either American Indian or Alaska Native populations. But when the rest of the United States — and the world — is grappling with a population bust on the ...

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/goldrush-value-land/ For millennia a diverse population of Native American tribes thrived on the abundant lands ...