Not even close to being true. I consider what was done to the Cherokee one of the vilest things. They had their own written language of sorts even before the Europeans, and when they encountered the Europeans many emulated them, even wearing tophats and converting to Christianity. They were largely a merchanting culture, and became even moreso with the European settlements...and then they were stripped of their land, their houses, and anything they couldn't carry and sent away to live on a reservation.
I'm not trying to say that what happened to the Indians was a good thing. My point was that at the time of Columbus, they were a stone age people and by the time the American frontier was closed, the tribes wanting to fight Europeans were still stone age.
During those 500 years of contact, many Native peoples decided to emulate Europeans. However, owing to their small population size, intermarriage ultimately absorbed most into the American people.
Where the Cherokee and the Creeks screwed up, is they mainly backed the British in the American Revolution. They still trusted the British government but did not trust the colonist. During the American Civil War, once again the Cherokee threw in with the side that was going to loose the war.
This did not win them many friends.
***I consider what was done to the Cherokee one of the vilest things. They had their own written language of sorts even before the Europeans,***
It was Sequoia, of the Oklahoma Cherokees who developed their alphabet in the early 1800's.
Many of the rich Cherokees voluntarily moved to Oklahoma, and took their black African slaves with them, and the rest tried not to move, hoping for a better deal. They didn't get it.
The Cherokee history of the Trail of Tears is highly complicated but should be understood by all.