Yeah, the idea that the Native peoples of the Americas are one bloc that would all get along is just a different way to exoticise them. Same story with “all Natives are environmentalists”.
The old hatreds between tribes have more or less died out in the face of irrelevance relative to their troubles with settlers, but every band still has their own culture and internal politics. Because they’re people.
Yeah, the idea that the Native peoples of the Americas are one bloc that would all get along is just a different way to exoticise them. Same story with “all Natives are environmentalists”.
The old hatreds between tribes have more or less died out in the face of irrelevance relative to their troubles with settlers, but every band still has their own culture and internal politics. Because they’re people.