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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED161566 AUTHOR: Gerlach, Ernest J.; And Others
TITLE: Indian Employment in New Mexico State Government.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1975
NOTE: 87 p.; For related document, see RC 010 713
ABSTRACT: Examining employment of American Indians in New
Mexico state government, the New Mexico Advisory Committee
to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights found little change
between small numbers of Indian employees in 1972 and 1974
figures. Though the State Personnel Office has made efforts
to institute new programs and policies related to Indian
employment, major deterrents remain in the lower Indian
educational level, location of state jobs away from Indian
populations, and written qualification tests that are not
always job related and which contain language and cultural
barriers. Committee recommendations were made for each of
the following findings: (1) only 2 percent of state
government employees are Indians; (2) these employees are
concentrated in three agencies (Employment Security
Commission, Health and Social Services, Highway
Department),
and are predominately in lower paying positions; (3)
specific standards are lacking for required state agency
annual affirmative action plans; (4) written tests are
still
the main job qualification instrument; (5) an outreach
program responsible for contacting and recruiting minority
applicants and upgrading employees has had little impact;
(6) no systemwide cultural awareness program exists to
educate state personnel about Indian values and cultural
needs; and (7) lack of consistent state effort to actively
recruit American Indians for employment. (RS)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: American-Indian-Reservations; Cultural
Awareness; Culture-Fair-Tests; Demography-; Educationally
Disadvantaged; Employed-Women; Employment-Opportunities;
Employment-Qualifications; Minority-Groups; Rural-Urban
Differences; Salaries-
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Affirmative-Action; *American-Indians;
*Employment-Patterns; *Government-Employees; *Personnel
Policy; *State-Government
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