***Not so. The Crow tribe figured out real early who was going to win the Indian wars. This is why the threw in with the white man against the other Indians.***
Them, and the Pawnee, the Omahas, the Poncas and many others sided with the whites.
Just like the Creeks and Cherokee threw in with the British during the American revolution because they still trusted the British Government. They did not trust the colonist.