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You mean other than from the Native Americans?
And Hawaii?
And Mexico. And Spain. And even Britain (in the pacific northwest).
ETA: And Samoa, Philippines, Cuba, Guam, etc.
To be fair, most of those were also "Spain" at the time.
Also Britain in the Canadian colonies in 1812.
and literally the entirety of south america, sans like one or two countries
I don't know of the US ever occupying or controlling (explicitly) a south american country.
then you should study it a little bit closer. or at all.
And all the proxy wars on the middle eats.
Around here we call the middle eats "lunch".
They were native, they just didn't know they were American yet.
Fortunately, they were lethally informed.