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2000 Native American News Archive

Native American news and events that occurred in Indian Country in 2000.

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2000 Native American News Highlights

— The American Indian and Alaska Native population increased by 26.7 percent in the last decade, compared to 9.7 percent for Americans as a whole.

— The Sacagawea Native American $1 Coins were issued by the US Mint beginning in 2000 to serve as the circulating dollar coin.

—The Jemez pueblo instituted an official ban on trick-or-treating.<//p>