>>20722075Amerindians do not deserve to be compared to Aborigines. They formed complex and powerful empires. Even if you ignore the sophisticated civilizations south of the Rio Grande and only look at the Native societies of North America, they were not pushovers. They were strategic diplomats, militarists, engines of culture and creativity, and commercially active.
tribes did not reject technological advantages from the europeans, and readily adopted horses, firearms, and goods from europeans.
the five civilized tribes actually adopted every facet of american culture, technology, and economy in a bid to establish themselves as a legitimate and sovereign presence in the southern united states; they even had steamboats and slave plantations. unfortunately, we know how that ended. but the point is that they were not stupid and were enterprising and capable of adaptation
they competed and worked with europeans as peers, and as much as american history in high school glosses over indians in preferring to teach slavery or whatever else is the subject of interest, native americans were real players in the american political landscape and were a force of real consideration for the american and european powers whenever establishing policy or geopolitical moves
there is a theory that a large-scale war that encapsulated much of the eastern seaboard probably depleted the civilizations of north america. Cahokia was the center of a vast and complex trade network that stretched from modern-day Washington state all the way to the Carribean islands. they were developing copper tools and at one point sported an urban population of one million people. warfare destroyed it and likely several other tribes and blocs, witih disease finishing off whatever comeback the recovering groups leftover might have been attempting
the broad point is, that even though yes you might consider them "stone age," they were dynamic and innovative and highly intelligent. they aint abos
