Native Americans, Seattle’s original residents, are also its most likely to be homeless | The Seattle Times

Native Americans, Seattle’s original residents, are also its most likely to be homeless | The Seattle Times: Native Americans, Seattle’s original residents, are also its most likely to be homeless | The Seattle Times



In a country where Native Americans die at higher rates than most Americans from diabetes, drugs and homicide, and have experienced a long history of often violent displacement, they also make up an outsized portion of the homeless population.



In King County, Native Americans and Alaskan Natives are less than 1 percent of the overall population but nearly 6 percent of its homeless population, a pattern that repeats in cities across the U.S. Once homeless, they are also the least likely racial or ethnic group in the county to find housing.