Closing an Army depot in Nevada would put Native Americans out of work, Walker River Paiute Tribe Chairwoman Laurie A. Thom said on Monday.
Thom spoke at a Base Closure and Realignment Commission hearing. She said about 6 percent of the Hawthorne Army Depot employees are Native American.
If the depot is closed, she said unemployment about tribal members would increase from 67 percent to about 76 percent.
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(The Reno Gazette-Journal 7/12)
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