> attempt to reform their societies along European grounds well, yeah, they had their land forcibly taken away from them so had to change their way of life it

> attempt to reform their societies along European grounds well, yeah, they had their land forcibly taken away from them so had to change their way of life it's also unclear how much some of the social structural changes by the Cherokee was by choice or pressure from invaders to become "civilized" (i.e., pyramidical government structures, individual land ownership, etc.) there's no indication that, generally speaking, Native Americans saw European societies as a "better life" -- in fact, quite the contrary. More powerful technologically and militarily, yes, but that's a separate matter altogether.