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by MaxHoppersGhost 751 days ago
The natives weren’t one political group of people. They were hundred or thousands of tribes. And at some point each tribe “stole” it from some other tribe and territory. Some tribes (example: the Iroquois) were genociding other tribes.
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You know this is the same form of justification that used to be used for squirrelling things away in western museums?
Yes.