ge, there would be a tremendous growth in the population of Native Americans without an increase in birth rates. Of the 1.9 million Native Americans, 637,000 are living on reservations or Trust Lands. There are 46,000 living in the New York, Long Island, New Jersey, and Connecticut metropolitan areas. Native Americans are also spread out to other major cities. In Chicago there are 15,000 Indians, in Los Angeles there are 87,000 Indians, and in San Francisco there are 40,000 Native Americans. Those are just the largest groups of natives in major cities. "Now, more than half of the Indian population live in six states: Oklahoma, California, Arizona, New Mexico, Alaska, and Washington" (Thomas, Internet). Movies and novels that have come out recently, have made Native Americans the favorable people in the stories. This could change the views of the whole population and the views of the younger generations coming up in the world.Education has developed in the Native American societies and there has been a major increase in the college attendance. The increase in college attendances mean that more students are taking the SAT's in schools now more than before. In 1976, only 2,662 students took the SAT's, and then in 1989 18,000 took the tests, and finally 103,000 Native Americans took the SAT's in 1990 (Thomas, Internet). About half the people go to two-year colleges and the other half go to four-year colleges. California, Oklahoma, Arizona, and New Mexico have the highest enrollments. The 24 Tribal Colleges have also rapidly increased in enrollment. With the education for the Native Americans, there have been two groups that have increased rapidly. One group is The American Indian and Science and Engineering Society and the other is the National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering. As a result in the increase in education , there has also been an increase in the jobs for Native Americans. An Indian who wants to have ...
