Native Americans critique data, surveys following election labeling them ‘something else’

Phoenix • On election night, Jodi Owings and her family watched the results reported live on television in their Oklahoma home.That’s when she noticed the wording on a CNN graphic that displayed returns by race as white, Latino, Black, “something else” and Asian.Owings, a citizen of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma, asked her family if “something else” referred to them. The wording stood out because there’s often a lack of reliable data on Native Americans