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  1. About 14.5% of the American Indian and Alaska Native population earn a bachelor’s degree.
    1. True
    2. False

Answer: True – Only 14.5% of the American Indian and Alaska Native population earned a bachelor’s degree or higher compared with 31.3% of the overall population, according to the Census Bureau.

  1. Poverty is one of the biggest impediments for Native Americans earning a college degree.
    1. True
    2. False

Answer: True – When children are raised in poverty, early childhood development is often delayed because their parents are in survival mode, focused on the foundational needs of their family: food and shelter. Understandably, a family that is struggling to survive does not have the resources nor the ability to work on educational needs. That’s why experts say poverty is one of the biggest impediments for Native Americans earning a college degree.

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