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It's actually worse. Since humanities is essentially controlled by Anglo-Saxon nations, all the former brutally suppressed colonies are also given native histories which reflect those that are just as brutal. This has changed to an extent over the years (notably with Native Americans), but is still canonical as far as India is concerned.

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Is there really any argument that once resources became strained anywhere on Earth at any time humans existed they fought for control of them violently? What is the alternative narrative?

I feel like Native Americans were either disparate or were pretty similar to other groups of humans if the area was populous.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wabanaki_Confederacy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aztec_warfare

There are multiple violent narratives as well. The colonial narrative never ceases the violence. The fascist narrative tuns techniques of colonial domination inward to use on its own people.

"Given" native histories? Are you asserting that the historical evidence about these societies is fabricated?

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