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how long have the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe been part of the world?
Scholars believe that the Pequots migrated from the upper Hudson River Valley into central and eastern Connecticut around 1500.
What have the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe done in the early ages?
By the time that Plymouth Colony and the Massachusetts Bay colony were being established, the Pequots had established military dominance among Indian tribes in central and eastern Connecticut.
Did the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe have any competition?
During the colonial years, colonists recorded inter-tribal warfare, shifts in boundaries, and changes in power among the tribes.

Question: How dominant were they compared to the united states political influence?
Self-contained rewrite: How dominant were the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe compared to the united states political influence?