URBAN INDIAN FACT SHEET

* URBAN INDIANS ARE CREATED AS A RESULT OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S RELOCATION PROGRAMS.

*URBAN INDIANS MAKE UP OVER 63% OF THE TOTAL INDIAN POPULATION. THIS IS OVER 1,200,000 PEOPLE.

*URBAN INDIAN POPULATION HAS GROWN OVER 30% IN THE LAST 3 DECADES.

*URBAN INDIANS ARE UNDER COUNTED BY THE U.S. CENSUS AND NOT INCLUDED IN STATISTICAL DATA GATHERED FOR URBAN AREAS.

*URBAN INDIANS ARE DISPERSED THROUGHOUT ALL CENSUS TRACTS IN URBAN AREAS; NO GHETTOS. AS INVISIBLE MINORITIES THEY ARE EXCLUDED FROM PUBLIC BLOCK GRANTS; MINORITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS; START-UP CAPITAL FOR BUSINESSES; AND MAINSTREAM MARKETS.

*URBAN INDIANS HAVE NO REPRESENTATION IN FEDERAL, STATE, OR LOCAL LEGISLATION, POLICY, OR ADMINISTRATIVE DEPARTMENTS.

*URBAN INDIANS ARE EXCLUDED FROM ALL INDIAN -SPECIFIC PROGRAMS, INCLUDING HOUSING. RELOCATION WITHOUT PENALTIES; SCHOOLS, BLOCK GRANTS, ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT, BUSINESS MENTOR SHIP, ELDERLY ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS.

*URBAN INDIAN UNEMPLOYMENT IS DOUBLE THAT OF ALL OTHER RACES.

*URBAN INDIAN POVERTY LEVELS ARE THREE TIMES THAT OF ANY OTHER RACE.

* URBAN INDIAN HIGH SCHOOL DROP OUT RATE IS OVER 75%.

*URBAN INDIANS DO NOT BENEFIT FROM GAMING REVENUES.

*URBAN INDIAN BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT RATE IS THE LOWEST OF ANY RACE.

* URBAN INDIANS HAVE HIGHER MORTALITY RATE FROM ALCOHOLISM AND RELATED CAUSES THAN ANY OTHER RACES.

*URBAN INDIAN SUICIDE RATE IS FOUR TIMES THAT OF ALL OTHER RACES.

*URBAN INDIANS HAVE THREE TIMES THE NATIONAL RATE FOR DIABETES AND HEART DISEASE. HEALTH CARE IS UNAVAILABLE TO 50%- 75% OF URBAN INDIANS.

*URBAN INDIAN MENTAL HEALTH PATIENTS INCREASED 200% FROM 1988 TO 1990.

*URBAN INDIANS ARE CITIZENS OF BOTH THE UNITED STATES AND THEIR SOVEREIGN TRIBAL NATION.