what did native americans have to deal with?

Answer 1

They had to deal with everything that the rest of us deal with -- food, shelter, clothing, child care, elderly care, etc. They also had to deal with hostile whites.

Answer 2

what are the whites

Answer 3

Various natives in what we now call the US had to deal with other native tribes/nations as well as European immigrants after different European explorers and others discovered this whole continent!
https://www.historycentral.com/Indians/Before.html

Ms. Sue meant the Europeans (invaders, if you think about it) as the whites.