The traditional (i.e. 1950s-1970s/1980s) narrative of Puebloan-Spanish interactions prior to the Pueblo Revolt is one of Spanish domination, in large part becau

The traditional (i.e. 1950s-1970s/1980s) narrative of Puebloan-Spanish interactions prior to the Pueblo Revolt is one of Spanish domination, in large part because of the reliance on Spanish literary sources. Social historians have explored resistance and resilience to colonial authority, but many scholars have continued working within the essential framework of that relationship. It's largely been native authors making the argument for indigenous cultures to exist in the narratives as causative, independent agents in their own right rather than defining them by their appearance in extant colonial literature. This is a fairly recent development, 1980s onward with it becoming fairly mainstream around the mid 00s. So no, it's not a strawman. I had to stop here for brevity's sake though.