Social discrimination against Native American's is rooted in the idea that they were blood thirsty savages. Americans characterized Indians as treacherous and cruel in books and newspapers to justify their displacement and eradication
Discovery of man-made structures and elaborate artifacts in the Ohio and Mississippi valleys were believed to be made by a vanished super-race; the “Moundbuilders” These claims denied the Native America's their heritage and made it easier for the settlers to steal their territory because they had "no ties" too it.
Institutional Discrimination
Institutional discrimination against Native Americans is still prevalent today. . Institutional discrimination is achieved through legislation segregation,exploitation, expulsion, and Annihilation.