In case you missed the envelope in your mailbox, or all of the ads on television and the radio, the U.S. Census is going all-out this year to get an accurate count of Native Americans and Alaska Natives. Ads like the one above are on the Census Web site, as well as YouTube.

It features Native leaders like Navajo Nation President Joe Shirley Jr.; National Congress of American Indians President Joe Garcia, and Cook Inlet Tribal Council President Gloria O’Neill, who is Yup’ik.

Gwen Florio

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