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*Navajo the largest tribe if full-blood individuals are counted 286,000
· Mining of coal and uranium (uranium mining prohibited in 2005)
· Arts and crafts shops
· From 2004 casinos
High unemployment
*Cherokee the largest tribe total 819,000 (284,000 full-blood individuals)
· Three federally recognized tribes
The Cherokee Nation (in Oklahoma)
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (North Carolina)
United Keetowah Band of Cherokee Indians (in Oklahoma)
· Over 200 groups claim to be Cherokee nations, tribes and bands
Traditional activities agriculture, ranching, forestry, fishing, mining
· Nontraditional land-based activities tourism, manufacturing, providing
dumping sites for solid and hazardous wastes
· Non-land based activities providing services for the passersby, wage labor off
the reservation, bingo and casino gambling
*Native Americans in the White Mind =