You know how some wild armadillos test positive for leprosy? Yeah. This game is like that.
One star, minus an indeterminate amount for the misogynist crack about perhaps naming "the round things to avoid" as "women".
Build towards the +25% Tank offense/defense. It helps a really tiny amount.. but it holds off the other guys long enough for the next tank you unleash to really do the job.
The first thing to do is to get your front-line Indians under cover.
Use the Indian with the bow- it arcs, so when fired at full power, it menaces a lot of enemies without exposing you to direct counterattack.