Indigenously Index
[October 23, 2020]
Total number of Native American representatives in Congress: 4
Number of Native Congressional representatives running for re-election: 4
Estimated population of Natives alone (US Census 2010): 2.9M
Total number of states where today’s 574 federally-recognized tribes are situated: 35
Percentage of all federally-recognized tribes in Alaska: 40%
Total number of Alaska Natives running for office: 7
Total number of Native American candidates running for office in Montana: 15
Percentage of Native Americans of the Montana Legislature in 2019: 7.3%
Average drive time in minutes for Native voters to cast a ballot in Humboldt Co., NV: 45
Total minutes in drive time for the average White voter in the same county: 18
Ratio of registered Lumbee Democrats vs. Republican Lumbees in Robeson County: 4:1
Total years Trump took to reinstate the White House Council on Native Am. Affairs: 3
Rate at which Natives contract COVID-19 relative to Whites: 3.5
Average percentage of Natives who live in overcrowded conditions: 16%
Total number of Natives playing in the Nat’l Women’s Soccer League: 1