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Article: Economic trends on the American Indian reservations in South Dakota.
- Article from:
- South Dakota Business Review
- Article date:
- June 1, 2003
- Author:
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I. Introduction
Since the end of World War II, the U.S. and South Dakota economies have experienced tremendous economic growth. For both the U.S. and South Dakota, real per capita personal income has more than tripled. Since 1969, the percent of persons in poverty dropped from 13.7 percent to 11.7 percent for the U.S. and from 16.9 percent to 11.7 percent for South Dakota. U.S. employment has increased by 84 percent and South Dakota employment by 73 percent since 1958. Real earnings per job have increased by about one-third for the U.S. and about one-fifth for South Dakota since 1969.
These are all signs of economic progress for both the U.S. and South ...