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The deadline for all U.S. residents to fill out the 2020 Census is approaching fast. Census officials are scrambling to collect information on Native Americans in time. A last-minute court decision extended the deadline to the end of October. The Trump Administration sought to end Census data collection September 30. Census watchers still worry the coronavirus pandemic and other barriers will make it hard for Native Americans, traditionally one of the most undercounted populations in the Census, to be adequately represented. Billions of dollars and accurate political representation are at stake.
Guests:
Cathy Lacey – director of the U.S. Census Bureau’s Denver region
Sophia Ayala (Kupa from the Pala Indian Reservation) – lead enumerator for her local Native communities
Break 1 music: Schemitz ’04 (song) Bear Creek (artist) Right Now (album)
Break 2 music: Badger Boogie (song) Arvel Bird (artist) Animal Totem 2 (album)
