Government Census Numbers on Indian Population Way Off Target

My god, can the government even count? The United States Census recently assessed that the Native population in America has grown a staggering 39 percent in the past decade. It seems that there are now 5.2 million Native Americans across the United States, as opposed to the 2.2 million reported by the census a mere 10 years ago. A few years back the Census Bureau had a representative at one of the pow wows I produce, and I found that he was encouraging everyone to register as a Native American who had a great-grandmother story. Therefore, everyone who showed up as a guest and was moved by the sound of the drums, savored the smell of frybread or had a high cheekbone, signed up with the census as a Native American.

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