SAVMA Celebrates National Native American Heritage Month

This month SAVMA celebrates and supports our colleagues, friends, family, neighbors, and communities that identify as Native American. According to the 2010 Census, 0.9% of the U.S. population, or 2.9 million people, identified as American Indian or Alaska Native alone, while 1.7% of the U.S. population, or 5.2 million people, identified as American Indian or Alaska Native alone or in combination with another race. This is an increase since 2000 of over 39%. By 2060, the projected U.S. American Indian and Alaska Native population is estimated to reach 10 million people, or approximately 2.4% of the U.S. population.(1)

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