Effect of a "white" culture of African and American Indian literature

Incorporation into the dominate "white" culture plays a critical role in American Indian and African literature during the time periods we now refer to as Colonial Literature and Literature of the New Republic. From how these types of people's works were marketed, to how it influenced their individual writing, American Indians and African's were molded and influenced, whether directly or indirectly, to better fit into the prominent culture of the day.
The white people had a profound effect on the existence of the native peoples of America. At first, the Europeans were friendly to the nat…