Myths that Hide the American Indian

Nearly everyone in this world is guilty of stereotyping against a certain race, religion, ethnic group, nationality, etc. One of those groups that are stereotyped is the Native Americans. Ever since the Europeans "discovered" the New World, there have myths about the Native Americans that lead to this stereotyping. In the essay, "Myths That Hide the American Indian" by Oliver La Farge, many of those myths are brought up. Due to these myths about the Native Americans, people's views, past and present, of who and what they are have become extremely distorted, or essentially hiding the Native…