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Native Americans: The Nation's Invisible Minority

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Native Americans are known to be the nation's invisible minority and it is extremely disturbing in our American society. Native Americans have a hard time finding an identity and voice in our nation, and there is little attention given to them. This is ironic because Native Americans were the first people to live in the American continents. The Europeans came to America and burned down their villages and lands and tried to enslave them. Millions of Native American were killed by Europeans. Native Americans fought for their lives since they wanted to keep their further generations alive in America. Native Americans have practically no political power whatsoever. Native American has become the invisible minority because they lost the battle with

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