>>518817276 (OP)
Back in the late 60's and early 70's; the whitewashing of the west (where the natives were all savages and the white men were all Ward Bond) was replaced with another whitewash (where the natives were all noble, and the white men were all bloodthirsty murders).
If you take the time to read the original documents - bypass any historians version of what happened and go back to the original documents - you will discover that the truth is a lot more gray.
I can only speak for the Great Lakes region, buy by the time the Europeans arrived, the native population was already in the middle of an inescapable societal collapse. For a while, the only thing that kept the natives alive were the annual handouts (labeled as "gifts" in return for the natives prior "gift" of land).
Each year, every native male was provided with enough power and shot to handle a years worth of hunting, and their weapons were repaired. Every native (man woman and child) received a new set of cloths, and new blankets. In addition, the tribal leaders were given extra supplies for them to distribute as political favors.
When the europeans wanted to switch over to a cash payment each year; all of the tribal leaders wrote a letter saying no, because the men would blow the money, and the women and children would be starving before winter.
The British, always ready to screw with the Americans, insisted that the tribes show up in person near Windsor to get their annual handouts. In this way, Detroit, with a population of 2000, would face an annual overrunning by sometimes 15k natives, all amped up and waiting around for the handout process to begin.
Comment is too long already, but this doesn't even take into account native action against Americans during the war of 1812; or their attempt to depopulate SE Michigan of europeans back around 185