Give me a break.
The best thing that ever happened to them was European rule.
Few people have any idea how nasty and brutal life in these tribes was until they were civilized.
People are so ignorant about what Columbus actually did. Read a book, people. These folks are simply spewing stereotypes exactly as they accuse others of doing. Like so much history, the reality is complex, full of tragedy, triumph, & mistakes. The problem is that its not even possible to have a discussion with the brainwashed.
Reminds me of a Salvadoran war widow who came to Arlington, VA in 1992. Her teenage daughter was enrolled in the public high school and later begged her mother to be allowed to return to El Salvador to go to school.
Her impression of high school in America was that black thugs assault girls in the hallway and in class one is taught bad things about Columbus instead of good things. In El Salvador, Columbus is a hero, his image was on the paper money of every denomination, and the currency was named after him (Colones before the dollar took over). The teen was allowed to return to El Salvador to complete high school.
Within just a few years of 1492, there was an explosion of permanent settlements in the Americas and yet this writer descibes the discovery as "sort of".
The best sailors admire Columbus as both a methodical and instinctive sailor who deserved the title "Admiral of the Ocean Sea".
Try reading THE DISCOVERY AND CONQUEST OF MEXICO by BERNAL DIAZ del CASTILLO.
All that was great about their civilization was colored by canabilism and daily human sacrifice.