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On the recordMarch 7, 2011
the unemployment rate for Indian tribes is in the neighbor of 60 percent, as high as 85 percent in some communities.
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Don Young
Republican · Alaska

Editor's note · Context

Discussing high unemployment rates in Indian Country compared to national averages.

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