One thing that really bothers me, is a frozen culture. For example, Native Canadians would have a changed culture by now, 500 years after we showed up.
Before our arrival, there was war between Native nations, cultural change due to trade and new inventions, and so on.
Unless people believe that Natives didn't have new ideas, this is clearly so. And Native history shows change!
To imagine that 500 years later, no music, language, culture, technology would have changed, is a massive disservice to both the intellect and capabilities of those peoples.
Yet we enable things such as unrestrained hunting, and even whale hunting, for cultural reasons.
As if a healthy Native nation wouldn't stop hunting endangered species! Come on!
So yes, static "this is the way it was" is a load of hurtful outcomes.
For all we know, Natives might have invented our tech by now, had we not intervened.