Nearly 1 in 4 Native Americans are in poverty and only about 26% of them have professional careers, compared to 40% of Caucasians (MinorityHealth.gov). Native American racism is the longest standing prejudice of a group in the history of America (racism against Native Americans). Have you ever seen a Native American public speaker talk about anything other than prejudice against their people ("Should we stop 'playing cowboys and Indians' with Native Americans?"). Even so, many of us have a preconceived notion of Native Americans thanks to movies like “Pocahontas” (“We need to stop 'playing cowboys and Indians' with Native Americans”). longest in the United States, dating back to Christopher Columbus ("Racism against Native Americans"). When Christopher Columbus landed on the shores of America, the men he brought with him were not looking for peace (Delema). The men were looking for gold and turned the Indians into slaves to mine the gold mines they had created (Delema). Later, as America expanded westward, Americans moving to Texas had different rules than the government (Delema). They did not exchange lands with the Indians and forced them to move to other parts of the country (Delema). They even went as far as selling the Indians' land to others while the Indians inhibited it (Delema). And even after that General Howard was moving them to a reservation when the Nez Perce tribe tried to escape to Montana, where General Howard then gave Colonel John Gibbon the order to wipe out the tribe, quashing efforts to try to relocate them (Delema) .More recently, however, t...... half of the paper ......native Americans." dosmething.org. Do Something. Web. November 19, 2013. .~Raina, Delema. " Native American Genocide." Story behind the news. Np, nd Web. November 20, 2013. .~"Native Americans." Civilrights.org, nd Web. November 19, 2013. .~"We need to stop "playing cowboys and Indians" . Native Americans." News One. Np Web. November 20, 2013. .~Liz, Fields. "Philadelphia students, school administrators clash over Redskins name." abcnews.go.com. Np, November 17, 2013. Web. 21 November 2013. .