 Native people are a small group relative to the population. That's just one reason it's hard to capture good data about that group, says Robert Maxim. Soon after he started working as a research fellow at the Brookings Institution, Maxim remembers getting a note from a higher-up about the think tank's employee demographic questionnaire. Hey Rob, I don't see any Native Americans on our demographic data. Did you forget to fill out the form or something?