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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Eltab" data-source="post: 7479733" data-attributes="member: 6803337">There are a few problems with "whose land is it / should it be?" that have not yet been addressed:- there was a method by which land title was transferred from Indian Tribe to US Government.  - that process was easy to manipulate (get the Indian chief drunk and/or bribe him and/or give him special considerations).- the problem of 'squatters' who showed up while / before the Government was surveying the tract of land in question.  - Indian social organization (disorganization?) that effectively meant anybody who did not personally sign a treaty was not bound by it.- the wink-wink-nudge-nudge "it'll be different this time" attitude by many on all sides towards these known problems.As pointed out a few pages back, there is more to it than making a claim of moral superiority for yourself / your side, and pointing accusing fingers at everybody who does not rally to you.</blockquote>