Lol. Good ol Manifest Destiny. History according to the victors. I believe it's possible to acknowledge the accomplishments of Columbus and not disparage Native Americans in the process.
For a thoughtful guy like this, failure to understand or at least consider what's required to be one with nature, live off the land, survive and thrive living in a teepee, without technology, during winters in North America, for centuries, and not muster any respect, is embarrassing.