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JOPNA Working PapersFigure 3. Native Language Use, 2000Selected reservations with population greater than 1,000Tribe Location Age 18+ Age 5+Zuni Pueblo NM 80% 82%Navajo Nation AZ/NM/UT 75% 68%White Mountain Apache Tribe AZ 73% 59%San Carlos Apache Tribe AZ 64% 46%Mississippi Choctaw MS 63% 64%Acoma Pueblo NM 57% 48%Crow Nation MT 54% 50%Hopi Nation AZ 54% 52%Tohono O’odham Nation AZ 49% 46%Rosebud Sioux Tribe SD 28% 23%Gila River Indian Community AZ 27% 23%Oglala Sioux Tribe SD 27% 23%Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe SD 20% 18%Shoshone & Arapahoe ofWY 20% 22%Wind RiverRed Lake Band of Chippewa MN 15% 14%Eastern Cherokee Tribe NC 14% 16%Confederated Salish andMT 10% 13%Kootenai TribesFond du Lac Band of Chippewa MN 10% 9%Yakama Nation WA 10% 13%Oklahoma Muskogee/OK 9% 10%Creek NationOklahoma Choctaw Nation OK 8% 8%Seneca Nation NY 7% 5%Blackfeet Tribe MT 6% 10%Turtle Mountain Chippewa Band ND 5% 6%Puyallup Nation WA 4% 9%Osage Nation OK 3% 6%All Reservations --- .7% .7%Source: U.S. Census 2000, Summary File 3; percentage of the reservationpopulation speaking a language other than English in the home.6