Yea .. DS9 had the whole occupation/colonizer thing, and they literally threw in the remnants of American Indians into the mix (cause they somehow still survive as a people group hundreds of years from now).

At least Kirk was cow-boys in space. It reached an audience at a level they already knew and then added sci-fi plots on top of it.

I should probably not rewatch any of it. It was nice in my memories, plus there's plenty of new stuff to read/watch.