What Accounted for the High Number of Native American Elderly

question 8

Multiple Choice

What accounted for the high number of Native American elderly left alone on reservations in the years 1952-1972?

• A) the relocation of more than 100,000 Native Americans to urban areas
• B) the high death rate of middle-aged Native Americans
• C) the reorganization of reservations by age
• D) the refusal of the elderly to leave the reservations when the government attempted to force them to do so

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