The best example I have is the partnerships between First Nations and french settlers in Canada. The French, at an early period of time in their exploration found out about the First Nations (Particularly the Huron and Mi'kmaq tribes) Posession of Furs, an expensive and rare commodity at those times. The french traded and had cordial relations with these tribes until 1763, when all of their territory on mainland Canada was taken by the british in the Treaty of Paris

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There's a story that a Zoroastrian man in an Indian restaurant told me once about the Parsis arriving in Gujarat. This is a story, not a historical account (although the story itself has historical ramifications).

The Parsis were fleeing persecution in Persia and came to India. They arrived in Gujarat, thousands of them, and their leader met with the local prince to negotiate being allowed to enter and to stay. The prince held a banquet (as was customary) for the visitor.

Near the end of the banquet, the prince had his servants bring out a bowl and fill it to the rim with milk. He said, "This bowl is my land and the milk is my people. We are full to the rim. How can any more people fit in here?"

The Parsi had the servant fetch a dish of sugar, and stirred it into the bowl so that it melted. He said, "These are my people, who will join into your people as sugar in the milk." And so the prince let them stay, and they're still there today.

I don't think the Zoroastrians have really escaped any kind of organized ethnic hostility in India (I don't think any ethnic group in India has). But as far as founding myths go, it's a great story.