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Whites Influence On American Culture
Whites. Whites run the U.S. . “In the U.S., in the year of 2014, 77.4% of the population were whites, and only 1.2% are American Indian”[1]. This used to be switched. In early America the land was run by Indians. In fact, Indians were the only people who inhabited America. The whites were the ones who sailed to America and imposed on their land. Before the whites inhabited America; the land was run by many tribes. One of the most known tribes were the Shawnee. The Shawnee were a peaceful tribe until the 18th and 19th century, or the years of 1701- 1900. During these years the whites imposed the most on the Shawnee tribe and changed everything. Before the Settlers, the Shawnee were people of travel and had a set culture. Before and after the

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