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Indian population in the United States and Alaska. 1910 - RootsWeb

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In consider<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> classification of <strong>the</strong> <strong>Indian</strong> popu-<br />

lation accord<strong>in</strong>g to sex, it should be noted that <strong>the</strong>re<br />

is possibly a material marg<strong>in</strong> of error. It may be that<br />

omissions of persons of <strong>the</strong> one sex have been more<br />

frequent than of persons of <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r sex. Moreover,<br />

<strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> case of persons of mixed blood it is possible that<br />

more of one sex than of <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r were reported as<br />

whites or Negroes <strong>in</strong>stead of as <strong>Indian</strong>s. F<strong>in</strong>ally,<br />

<strong>the</strong>re may be less accuracy <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> case of one sex than<br />

of <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r with respect to <strong>the</strong> reports as to <strong>the</strong> mix-<br />

ture of <strong>Indian</strong> blood with white or Negro blood, or as<br />

to <strong>the</strong> mixture of tribes <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> case of full-blood <strong>Indian</strong>s.<br />

The possibility of such errors should be borne<br />

<strong>in</strong> m<strong>in</strong>d <strong>in</strong> compar<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> sex ratios.<br />

Comparative statistics.— ^Table 23 presents a com-<br />

parison of <strong>the</strong> sex distribution of <strong>the</strong> <strong>Indian</strong>s <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

<strong>United</strong> <strong>States</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Alaska</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>1910</strong>, 1900, <strong>and</strong> 1890.<br />

Table 23<br />

SEX DISTRIBUTION.

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