NYTimes: Quietly, Indians Reshape Cities and Reservations
By TIMOTHY WILLIAMS
MINNEAPOLIS — Nothing in her upbringing on a remote Indian reservation in northern Minnesota prepared Jean Howard for her introduction to city life during a visit here eight years ago: an outbreak of gunfire, followed by the sight of people scattering.
Published: April 13, 2013She watched, confused, before realizing that she should run, too. “I said: ‘I’m not living here. This is crazy,’Â ” she recalled.
But not long afterward, Ms. Howard did return, and found a home in Minneapolis. She is part of a continuing and largely unnoticed mass migration of American Indians, whose move to urban centers over the past several decades has fundamentally changed both reservations and cities.
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Posted April 15, 2013, 8:44 AM PST