The concept of “offshore America” refers to the idea that while the United States has its own national identity, the rest of the world is constructing their own idea of what America is. Although Native American tribes that are recognized by the government are considered citizens of the United States, there is still an invisible barrier that divides Native Americans from the rest of the country. This barrier has left not only Native Americans constructing their view of what America is, it has left the rest of the world establishing an idea of who Native Americans are. As non-natives have the misperception of who “real” Native Americans are, the barrier between indigenous peoples and America remains standing. Native Americans experience the United States as an entity that is ignorant about their culture and has misconceptions…show more content… The myth has left indigenous peoples to believe this myth is designed to work for political agendas that aim to seize Indian lands and justify force assimilation. Native Americans feel that the government’s goal is to finally solve the “Indian problem.” The government feeds into this myth by enforcing an expected “blood quantum,” a concept made by white people or non-Natives, to prove an individual’s authenticity as a Native American. Non-Natives have expectations based on myths on what an indigenous person looks like, what they wear, or if they live on a reservation. By non-Natives using their stereotypical perception of Native Americans there are few they can identify as “real” Indians and are therefore morally of the hook because descendants of the dead are “gone.” Because of this, structural violence still occurs within American by the use of taking elements of their culture in a way that is objectionable to the group and dehumanizing portrayals of categorized images of Indians to show “honor and
