Ok, so 87% being involved in some time of dispute every year proves what? That they had a skirmish at some point most likely with one of the aggressive tribes? What are you proving - my 20, 80 rule looks like.
Here is google AI LOL -
"While not universally true, most Native American groups were generally not aggressive unless provoked or attacked first, often defending their land and way of life when faced with encroaching European colonization, which often involved violent land seizures and broken treaties; therefore, they primarily acted defensively when confronted with aggression."
They acted the same with colonizers as they did with other Indian tribes. The majority were innately wanting to avoid confrontation, however they would not run away from it. If another tribe was either threatening, or trying to take their land or resources, they would defend their territory.
Here is some articles to support my claims:
When Native Americans Were Slaughtered in the Name of ‘Civilization’ | HISTORY
By the close of the Indian Wars in the late 19th century, fewer than 238,000 Indigenous people remained
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American Indian Wars - Wikipedia
The American Indian Wars, also known as the American Frontier Wars, and the Indian Wars,[note 2] was a conflict initially fought by European colonial empires, United States of America, and briefly the Confederate States of America and Republic of Texas against various American Indian tribes in North America. These conflicts occurred from the time of the earliest colonial settlements in the 17th century until the end of the 19th century. The various wars resulted from a wide variety of factors, the most common being the desire of settlers and governments for Indian tribes' lands. The European powers and their colonies enlisted allied Indian tribes to help them conduct warfare against each other's colonial settlements. After the American Revolution, many conflicts were local to specific states or regions and frequently involved disputes over land use; some entailed cycles of violent reprisal.
Native American Cultures ‑ Facts, Regions & Tribes
Native Americans, also known as American Indians and Indigenous Americans, are the indigenous peoples of the United States. By the time European adventurers arrived in the 15th century A.D., scholars estimate that more than 50 million Native Americans were already living in the Americas — 10...
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The Southeast culture area, north of the Gulf of Mexico and south of the Northeast, was a humid, fertile agricultural region. Many of its natives were expert farmers—they grew staple crops like maize, beans, squash, tobacco and sunflower—who organized their lives around small ceremonial and market villages known as hamlets. Perhaps the most familiar of the Southeastern Indigenous peoples are the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek and Seminole, sometimes called the Five Civilized Tribes, some of whom spoke a variant of the Muskogean language. (Civilized tribes - agricultural - non fighting tribes).
The Plains culture area comprises the vast prairie region between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains, from present-day Canada to the Gulf of Mexico. Before the arrival of European traders and explorers, its inhabitants—speakers of Siouan, Algonquian, Caddoan, Uto-Aztecan and Athabaskan languages—were relatively settled hunters and farmers. After European contact, and especially after Spanish colonists brought horses to the region in the 18th century, the peoples of the Great Plains became much more nomadic. (relatively tame tribes, hunters and farmers)
Sedentary farmers such as the Hopi, the Zuni, the Yaqui and the Yuma grew crops like corn, beans and squash. Many lived in permanent settlements, known as pueblos, built of stone and adobe. These pueblos featured great multistory dwellings that resembled apartment houses. At their centers, many of these villages also had large ceremonial pit houses, or kivas. (Non aggressive)
Other Southwestern peoples, such as the Navajo and the Apache, were more nomadic. They survived by hunting, gathering and raiding their more established neighbors for their crops. Because these groups were always on the move, their homes were much less permanent than the pueblos. For instance, the Navajo fashioned their iconic eastward-facing round houses, known as hogans, out of materials like mud and bark. (Aggressive tribes).
The Iroquois and Cherokee were your more aggressive tribes. Navajo and Apache wouldn't be labeled as aggressive but were opportunistic and would be willing to instigate trouble. The remaining tribes for the most part would not instigate trouble in a regular situation unless threatened.
I can really start digging back into some of my Native American research back in the day - but you have to realize times were much more violent across all cultures, Native American culture was more primitive than the settlers, and conflict was created as tribes or settlers tried to take other tribes lands or resources that they had relied on for centuries for survival.
