the often-violent native peoples, who were engaged in continual warfare with each other
In contrast to the peace-loving Christian Europeans, who not only launched Crusades from the 11th to the 15th centuries at whoever annoyed them, but spent two centuries slaughtering each other because they couldn't agree on how to worship the god they all claimed to love, who was known as the Prince of Peace.
The history of Europe is drenched in blood, more so than any other region on our planet. If white people are not shying away from acknowledging our past, perhaps it's because we have so much to answer for.