The major tribes of the Southeast adapted quite readily to 'civilization,' particularly the Cherokee in the Southeastern Appalachians, who drafted a Consitution, had their own alphabet, and were advancing economically until white settlers employed the Federal Government to confiscate their land and move them to Oklahoma. They emulated European technology and culture extensively, ranging from log cabins for dwellings to the adoption of African slavery- one of those wonderful civilized aspects of European rule.
And that's just the Southeastern tribes with which I am somewhat familiar. But even if the native peoples were 'Neolithic' it hardly justifies commiting attrocities and forcibly taking their land.
even if the native peoples were 'Neolithic' it hardly justifies commiting attrocities and forcibly taking their land.The indians weren't referred to in the Declaration of Independance as being "merciless savages" for no good reason.
In that era, life was hard. People weren't interested in endless legal wranglings over who did what when and in violation of which laws.