An Index of the Social Indicators of the American Indian in Oklahoma. INSTITUTION Oklahoma State Gffice of Community Affairs and Planning, Oklahom City
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DOCUMENT RESUME ED 064 002 RC 006 220 AUTHOR Trimble, Joseph E. TITLE An Index of the social Indicators of the American Indian in Oklahoma. INSTITUTION Oklahoma state Gffice of Community Affairs and Planning, Oklahom City. SPONS AGENCY Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, D.C. PUB DATE 19 Jan 72 NOTE 577p, EDRS PRICE MF-$0.65 HC-$19.74 DESCRIPTORS *American Indians; Economic Development; *Educational Trends; *Health Conditions; Historical Reviews; Labor Force; *Population Trends; Property Appraisal; *Social Charactristics; Tables (Data) IDENTIFIERS *Oklahoma ABSTRACT Facts and figures relating to American Indians in Oklahoma are presented in this manual for use by Indian tribes and by others working in the area of Indian affairs. The historical background of Oklahoma Indians is discussed, and information is presented on various characteristics, such as population, education, health and welfare, and crime and delinquency. Labor force statisz,zics, employment patterns, housing data, and acreage holdings are also included. Numerous tables arecontained in this manual, but the figures in many instances are estimations, and other figures change because of natural increases and decreases in many socioeconomic areas. The appendices provide summaries of general information on specific Indian tribes and descriptions of Federal programs specifically designed for American Indians. (FF) U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. EDUCATION & WELFARE OFFICE OF EDUCATION THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN REPRO- DUCED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED FROM THE PERSON OR ORGANIZATION ORIG- INKING IT POINTS OF VIEW OR OPIN- IONS STATED DO NOT NECESSARILY REPRESENT OFFICIAL OFFICE OF EDU- CATION POSITION OR POLICY AN INDEX OF THE SOCIAL INDICATORS OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN IN OKLAHOMA Prepared for: Fhe Office of Community Affairs and Planning State of Oklahoma javnes P..Dawson, Administrater By: Joseph E. Trimble, Ph.D. Department of Psychology Oklahoma City University Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73106 January 19,1972 This report was prepared for the Office of CommunityAffairs and Planning, State Planning Agency, andfinancially aided through a Federal grant from the Department of Housing and Urban Development, under the Urban Planning Assistance Program authorized by Section 701 of the Housing Actof 1954, as amended. FILMED FROM BEST AVAILABLE COI-Y ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS In a research ,effort such asthis one a project director organizes his strategy along thelines of resource availability, data collection, dataanalysis, tabular organization,and manuscript preparation. And at the same time, the project director realizes that he isextremely dependent on the services and skills of a numberof different individualsand organizations. Such is the case in thisundertaking, more so since there was anallotted time of five months tocompute the objectives and the report. Many individuals from manybackgrounds were responsible for bringing this manuscript toits final form. The editor is extremely greatful forthe efforts of TomWelbourne, Htckory Starr, KathyHurst, and4Leo-R4menin gathering most of the original dataand for their guidanceand direction at crucial decisionmaking moments. Without them, the enchavor would have been much moredifficult than it was. They, as wel! as the editor, aregreatful for the cooperation provided by tne following personsand organizations: Overton James of the IndianEducation Division of StateDepartment of Education, BoyceTimmons of the AmericanIndian Institute, certain personnel at theAnadarko and Muskogee AreaOffices of the Bureau of IndianAffairs, thrIndian Health Service of Oklahoma City, theOklahoma Employment SecurityCommission, the Oklahoma StateDepartment of Vocationaland Technical Education, the Police Chiefs ofLawton, Oklahoma City and Tulsa, the State Office ofEconomic Opportunity, theUnited States Bureau of Census, theOklahoma Crime Commission, Oklahoma State WelfareDepartment, Oklahoma StateHealth Department, Department ofCorrections, Oklahoma Board of Regents for Higher Education,Oklahoma Board of Regents for Oklahoma Colleges,Economic DevelopmentDistricts of Oklahoma, and the Departmentof Housing and UrbanDevelopment of Oklahoma City. We are also verygreatful for the assistance given us by manyof the tribal leaders across the state. The editor is also greatfulfor the cooperation ofthe following research assistants: John Rule, Brian Olden, Deanna Jung, and Mary LouFair. They were extremely helpful in placing the raw datain a more organizedperspective. Finally, there are the twosAcretaries who logged many long hours in preparingand typing the finalmanuscript. A great deal of indebtednessis owed to MissMaggie Clanton for her efforts intyping the majorityof this manuscript - the editor is especiallygreatful for the lastminute assistance of Kathlene Brown. Both were a tremendous help. TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF TABLES LIST OF FIGURES INTRODUCTION CHAPTER 10 Historical Background ofthe American Indian and Oklahoma II. Population Characteristicsof the Oklahoma American Indian 49 III. Educational Characteristicsof the Oklahoma American Indian 77 IV. Health and WelfareCharacteristics of th9 Oklahoma American Indian.. 152 V. Crime and DelinquencyCharacteristics of the Oklahoma AmericanIndian 253 VI. Labor Force andEmployment Patterns of the Oklahoma AmericanIndian11.21111 OOOOOO OOSOOSOfl291 VII. Housing and AcreageHoldings of Certain American Indian Tribes inOklahomaOOSOO4OO OOOOO326 APPENDIX AA Summary of GeneralInformation on Certain American IndiarTribes in 463 Oklahoma APPENDIX B Federal Programs SpecificallyDesigned for Use by American Indians 472 J L;CT OF Ti6L2-,, TABLE PAGE Population 011Variou.. idlan Tr:be ;r Cklahoma in 1890. 46 II-I Comparative indian and TotalPopulation for Oklahoma - ft60 and 1970. 53 11-2 Oklahoma Indian and TotalPopulation for Places with Twenty-five or more -1970. 56 11-3 Population Distribution of theOklahoma Indian According to Standard MetropolitanStatistical Area - 1970. 63 11-4 Comparative Oklahoma IndianPopulation Charac- teristics with State Totalfor Metropolitan and NonmetropolitanResidence. 64 11-5 American Indian PopulationDistribution Accord- ing to Oklahoma EconomicDevelopment Districts for 1960 to 1970. 66 11-6 Comparative Analysis of AmericanIndian Population by States. 69 11-7 Summary Socio-EconomicCharacteristics of the Oklahoma Indian by Area Office,Agency and Tribe. 71 111-I Number and Percent of IndianEnrollment at State J.;-F Oklahoma Supported Institutionsof Higher Learn:ng- Spring, 1971. 79 111-2 Number of Indian StudentsReceiving B1A Soho:airships from the Anadarko Officeand Attending Schools o:= Higher Education inOkiahoma-1971. 80 111-3 Number of Indian StudentsReceiving BIA Scholarships from the Muskogee Officeand Attending Schools of Higher Education inOklahoma-1971. 81 111-4 Number of Indian StudentsReceiving BIA Scholarships and Attending Schoolsof Higher Education outof State -1971. 83 TABLE PAGE 111-5 Percent of Oklahoma IndianEnrollment Against Total Enrollment Under JohnsonO'Malley Appropriations -1970. 92 111-6 Oklahoma Indian SchoolBoard Members-Teachers and AdministratorsIncluding Employees, Bus Drivers, Custodians, Cooksand Etc., - By Counties for '969. 94 111-7 Percent of Oklahoma IndianDropouts Against Total Dropouts and OklahomaIndian Dropout Rate Compared with TotalDropout Rate for Okiahoma Public Schools,1970-71. 96 Reasons for School Dropoutfor Male and Female Oklahoma Indians Comparedwith Total-Oklahoma Public Schools -1970-1971. 99 111-9 Comparative Indian Enrollmentand Attendance for Public Schools inthe State of Oklahoma - 1969 to 1970. 100 111-10 Oklahoma IndianEnrollment in Vocational Educational Curriculum for1970. 102 ill-11 Oklahoma IndianEnrollment in Vocational Educational Curriculum for1970. Special Programs. 135 111-12 Number of IndianStudents by Tribe ReceivingB1A Scholarships from the AreaOffices in Oklahoma- Spring, 1971. 141 111-13 Tabulations ofArea of AcademicConcentration of Indian StudentsReceiving B1A Scholarships from Oklahoma AreaOffices - Spring, 1971. 142 111-14 Amount of RevenueCollected by CommonSchools ir Oklahoma IndianEducation Compared with Grand Total - FiscalYear, 1969 to 1970. 145 111-15 The 50 PredominantlyWhite Colleges and Universities having theHighest American. Indian Enrollment -1968. 147 111-16 Oklahoma IndianPercentages of Graduatesand Dropouts by SchoolType in Oklahoma for1968. 151 iv TABLE PAGE IV-1 Seiected Vital Health Statistic for the Oklahoma \ Indian, Indiansin 24 Reservation States, and U.S. Total Population for 1965 to 1967. 154 IV2 Live Births, Birth kates, and Percentages of Live Births Born in Hospitals for Oklahoma Indians for years 1955 to 1968. 156 IV-3 Infant Deaths, 3eath Rates and Neonatal-Post-Neonatal Infant Death Rates for Oklahoma Indians for Years 1955 to 1967. 157 IV-4 Crude Death Rate, Percent of Deaths by Leading Cause for Oklahoma Indian, United States Indian Total, and United States Total for 1967. 158 IV-5 Age-Specific Death Rates, Percent of Deaths by Age Group for Oklahoma Indians, Indians in 24 Reservation States and U.S. Total Population for Years 1965 to 1967 and 1954 to 1956. 159 IV-6 Number of Cases for Leading Notifiable Diseases for Oklahoma Indian, Indians in 24 Reservation States and U.S. All Races for 1968. 160 1V-7 Reported New Cases of Notifiable Diseases by the Oklahoma Indian Health Service for 1965 to 1969. 161 1V-8 Total Oklahoma Indian Outpatient Tabulations for Mental Disorders by Age-1971. (State Totals) 163 1V-9 Outpatient