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Chris Day
October 20, 2005
Sociology 3365-001: Ethnic Minorities in America



Systematic Racism of Native Americans

One of the darkest subject matters in United States history is the government's policy toward Native Americans. When European settlers first landed in North America they depended on Native Americans to give them food, trade for skins, and teach them how to gather food. Without the help of friendly Native Americans the possibility of any colony surviving, much less thriving, would be virtually impossible. However, once the colonies were self-dependent the colonists felt like they had a God given right to the land that the very people who helped them survive lived upon. Since that time Native Americans have been pushed off their land, had vast majorities of their population wiped out by disease and warfare, are discriminated against and stereotyped, and now live in extreme poverty with high rates of unemployment, alcoholism, and suicide. To add insult to......

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