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Don Young: “The unemployment rate for Indian tribes is in the neighbor of 60 percent, as high as 85 percent in some communities.”

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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