They were better off with perpetual war and slavery than they are now?
Warfare In Pre-Columbian North America - Canada.ca
“Despite the myth that Aboriginals lived in happy harmony before the arrival of Europeans, war was central to the way of life of many First Nation cultures. Indeed, war was a persistent reality in all regions though, as Tom Holm has argued, it waxed in intensity, frequency and decisiveness."
Slavery among Native Americans in the United States - Wikipedia
"Slavery among Native Americans in the United States includes slavery by and slavery of
Native Americans roughly within what is currently the United States of America.
Tribal territories and the slave trade ranged over present-day borders. Some
Native American tribes held
war captives as slaves prior to and during
European colonization."
" In the late 18th and 19th centuries, a small number of tribes, such as the five so-called "civilized tribes", began increasing their holding of
African-American slaves."