More than 500,000 Native Americans have been killed by settlers in the United States. Every tribe of Native Americans living within the United States have been moved from their home at least once during there existence. Native Americans are always being portrayed and/or stereotyped as being savages, and drunks. In today's day and age Native Americans are stilled stereotyped and treated like second class citizens. In "The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven", written by Sherman Alexie, Alexie creates stories about how these stereotypes and hardships Native Americans still face today. Because Native Americans are always being put down and stereotyped, it diminishes their pride. Because of their pride being diminished, their identity is always being challenged in Alexie's "The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven".

One of the main reasons why Native Americans live the way they do is because of their strong sense of...