AH Challenge: Native Americans resist European colonization

Ceranthor

Banned
This is going to be pretty difficult, but...

I've been wondering if there's any way at all that Native Americans could have managed to resist the Europeans who tried to take over their land. They suffered debilitating disadvantages; their weaponry was inferior, they had no established civilizations, and, of course, they were very susceptible to the diseases that the Europeans introduced. Could they, however, have recognized the threat they faced and banded together, at least in some areas?

Could we, possibly, see confederacies like the Iroquois rising up to meet the white man's threat? Maybe the Seminoles uniting with black slaves and other tribes to beat the Spanish, or the groups of the Great Plains forming a federation to combat the British or the French? While the Native Americans would(and did) face an uphill fight, they were great warriors and would have known their terrain extremely well, and as history shows, they did manage to get their hands on European guns and horses and use them against their enemies.

So with horses, a decent number of European weapons, and good leadership, could the Native Americans have formed alliances and so manage to beat the Europeans off?
 
Do you mean Amerindians north of rio grande? or all of the people native to the Americas? All of them resisted colonization, some more successfully than others. The Mayans, Araucanians, Incans, Guarani and many others did resist colonization for a very long time.
 

Ceranthor

Banned
I'm talking North America, as in north of the Rio Grande. And by resist, I mean resist and win, maybe establishing an agreement by which said group can live in peace and hold their land.

That is the issue. We need soldiers, no warriors.

Well, they had fighting skill and a tradition of bravery, which could be foundations for soldiery.
 
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