How do the Iroquois wars challenge the writing of colonial histories and notions of power that view indigenous as static and unchanging?

How do the Iroquois wars challenge the writing of colonial histories and notions of power that view indigenous as static and unchanging?

Colonial histories for many centuries viewed the indigenous tribes as unchanging and static and portrayed the Iroquois groups as victims leaving out the role they played within the larger historical narrative. Some colonial historians such as Dr. Candice Campbell^[1] have argued that the conflicts brought about by the Beaver wars were part of the mourning wars vicious cycle and from destruction by the Europeans through diseases which decimated their populations. These historians argue that during the 17^th century, the encounters between the Iroquois society and the Europeans changed including their warfare…