I loved the books I read as a child and suggested one to my then 5-year-old as a harmless novel for very young but strong readers. She got 2 chapters in to book one and wouldn’t go further. Her little vegetarian heart couldn’t handle a chapter detailing pig slaughtering at that age (yep, forgot about that.) She refused to ever give them another try.
I think the issue with Ingalls books is that they seem “innocent” and so we don’t discuss the material with our kids like we would with Huck Finn or To Kill a Mockingbird. If we did, I think they would be great tools for real discussion on what life was like then outside of how sweet it was that a tin cup was a glorious Christmas gift. People would feel less betrayed by the dealings with native and African Americans if they actually remembered that their kids were going to be seeing some language that is so unsavory today.
As to the award, I get why they pulled the name. No issue with that. I just think they handled it incredibly poorly.