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Rob Maxim

@robmaxim.bsky.social

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Fellow at Brookings writing about workers, tech, higher ed, and Indigenous communities. Mashpee Wampanoag 🌅

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Rob Maxim @robmaxim.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Those of us with toddlers are also acutely aware of the “Doggyland” figurine for the Tonie player

The Doggyland tonie figurine, which plays children’s songs recorded by Snoop Dogg, on top of a red Toniebox.

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Rob Maxim @robmaxim.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

Third, many data sets treat Native Americans as just a race, a decision that reflects misunderstandings about Native identity and Tribal governance. In California, nearly 90% of Native American people identify as multi-racial or Hispanic, illustrating that Native people aren’t just one “race.”

Pie chart showing that 63% of Native American people in California identify as Hispanic, 26% of Native American people in California identify as non-Hispanic but multi-racial, and just 11% identify as Non-Hispanic, American Indian or Alaska Native alone.

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Rob Maxim @robmaxim.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

Next, the relative remoteness and noncontiguous geography of Tribal reservations make data collection and aggregation difficult. In Southern California, the construction of the Southern Pacific Railroad led to the breakup of many reservations. Policies like allotment also eroded Tribal land bases.

Map showing the path of the Southern Pacific Railroad through Southern California. The path of the railroad weaves through the Morongo, Agua Caliente, Twenty-Nine Palms, Torres Martinez, and Cabazon Reservations, contributing to non-contiguous land in these reservations, and the overall “checkerboard” appearance of many of the reservations.

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Rob Maxim @robmaxim.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

First, sample sizes for data about Native Americans are often too small, which affects the quality of many data sets To illustrate this, look at the total Native American population across three different Census data products. The data sets vary by over 24%, despite measuring the same data point

Bar chart showing the population of American Indians and Alaska Natives in the United States varies by over 24% across three different Census Bureau data sources: the 2020 Decennial Census, the 2023 American Community Survey 1-year estimates, and the 2023 American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

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