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National Relief Charities Blog: Remember Native Americans on Labor Day
In July 2013, the national unemployment rate was 7.7% (not seasonally adjusted). Joblessness in 41 areas of the U.S. reached 10%.
In 1932 of the Great Depression, unemployment soared past 20% — the worst America has seen. But not really…
Crippling unemployment has existed in the U.S. for centuries – an every day fact of life since the start of the reservation system. The first Indian reservation on record comes from the Virginia colony in 1658, when the Virginia General Assembly voted on a land reserve for the Pamunkey and Mattaponi tribes – part of the Powhatan Confederacy and Pocahontas legend.
Today, unemployment for Native Americans living on reservations that NRC serves is 20% to 85%.
In 1932 of the Great Depression, unemployment soared past 20% — the worst America has seen. But not really…
Crippling unemployment has existed in the U.S. for centuries – an every day fact of life since the start of the reservation system. The first Indian reservation on record comes from the Virginia colony in 1658, when the Virginia General Assembly voted on a land reserve for the Pamunkey and Mattaponi tribes – part of the Powhatan Confederacy and Pocahontas legend.
Today, unemployment for Native Americans living on reservations that NRC serves is 20% to 85%.
- See more at: http://blog.nrcprograms.org/#sthash.615mb9UB.dpuf
