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It is the unfair treatment of a person, racial group or minority.

Discrimination Against Native Americans

Migrations of humans from Eurasia to the Americas took place via Beringia, a land bridge which formerly connected Asia and North America across what is now the Bering Strait.

Native Americans faced discrimination

in North America, primarily the United States.

This discrimination began with the first voyages of Columbus in the late 15th century.

When Europeans began colonizing the Americas, the white settlers adopted the idea that they were superior to Native Americans and it was their job to "civilize the savages." This false notion became known as "the white man's burden," and was used to justify the Europeans' taking land and enslaving people. In this way, naturally-occurring racial differences became the basis for systems of exploitation and discrimination.

Native Americans are the most harshly affected by institutionalized racism. The World Watch Institute notes that 317 reservations are threatened by environmental hazards. While formal equality has been legally granted, American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders remain among the most economically disadvantaged groups in the country, and suffer from high levels of alcoholism and suicide.

Native Americans have not been able to overcome their discrimination. They are still looked at as mascots, savages and exotic oddities.

I do not believe Native Americans will ever totally overcome their situation. Mainly because racism in the United States is institutional and pervasive. The majority does not feel they must acknowledge mistreatment of minorities.

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