If it hadn't been the EuropeansI imagine it would eventually have been some other group that came in and took over. As the population grows it's just inevitable. A sad reality.
If the culture hadn't been focused on expansion I wonder if the white settlers could have lived peacefully alongside the natives. Of course there were also tribes that weren't so peaceful, but in general it might have been doable.
Considering the close connection between war and technological development, I also wonder if we would be so close to leaving this planet to expand the human population by living on Mars and perhaps other planets or moons in the future, had things been different.
It seems like blockchain tech has real potential to prevent such atrocities in the future, as people, technology, economics, and governance become so intertwined that the masses are leading themselves instead of being led by government policy and propaganda.
Whenever the subject of Native Americans comes up, I think of my closest friend, who is Vietnamese. He has always been proud of the fact that the earliest of the "native" Americans may have come from Asia. Ultimately, we are all Earthlings :-).
That's interesting, one of my two best friends from my high school days is also Vietnamese, though I've never heard him mention anything like that.
Yes, we're all Earthlings. At least as far as I can tell. Would be nice if more Earthlings noticed this.