We were and weren't. The problem with this discussion is it always just uses "Native Indians" as a whole and lumps them together despite having extremely different relationships with America per tribe across hundreds of years of slow conquering Westward.
Some areas or specific Tribes got the short end of the stick and were treated extremely poorly. Others got off pretty well. Still others got exactly what they fucking deserved.
We were and weren't. The problem with this discussion is it always just uses "Native Indians" as a whole and lumps them together despite having extremely different relationships with America per tribe across hundreds of years of slow conquering Westward.
Some areas or specific Tribes got the short end of the stick and were treated extremely poorly. Others got off pretty well. Still others got exactly what they fucking deserved.