Rob Maxim

@robmaxim.bsky.social

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

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