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The
Aging Network
Information Memoranda
INFORMATION MEMORANDUM
AoA-IM-FY-98-09
TO: STATE AGENCIES
ADMINISTERING PLANS UNDER TITLES III AND VI AND TITLE VI GRANTEES
SUBJECT : NATIVE AMERICAN ELDER POPULATION
LEGAL AND RELATED
REFERENCES : Section 202(a) of the Older
Americans Act, As Amended
This memorandum disseminates
a report developed by the Office for American Indians, Alaskan
Native, and Native Hawaiian Programs of the Administration on
Aging about the elder Native American population. The report is
based primarily on the Bureau of the Census 1990 enumeration and
includes both national and state data. The 1990 census enumeration
continues to be the most comprehensive data about American Indians
to date.
Information in the attached
report will be useful to planners and decision makers involved
in the field of aging.
INQUIRIES :
Address Inquiries to Regional Administrators on Aging
ATTACHMENT : Report entitled, Native American Elder Population,
1990
Jeanette C. Takamura
Assistant Secretary for Aging
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