[MinnesotaLibertarian]

The western land was earned in blood and money. Treaties were signed to acknowledge as much.

Kind like the Eastern land was "earned" from the Indians?

I'm not an advocate of reparations or anything, but I think it's insane to try and deny injustices and racism that plague the history of this great country. I think the U.S.A. is the greatest nation in the world, but that doesn't mean we didn't make a few mistakes along the way.

[Butcher Kilroy]

There were approximately 3 million people of various warring factions of Indian tribes in all of North America at the time of the American revolution. Most were nomadic and none claimed any ownership of any land. So to give you a visual, take the population of Chicago, just the city not the whole metro area and spread that population out around all of North America from Mexico to the Arctic. From the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. America was by and large a uninhabited wilderness.

[muawiyah]

Kind of like the Eastern lands were PAID FOR.

Although it is popularly believed (by the uninformed) that lands in the East formerly owned by various Indian tribes were simply stolen, the only clear cut case of that happening occurred in New York State about 1830 when the Oneida Indians were declared to be "white people", and their land was seized since whites were not allowed to own Indian lands.

That was settled by the USSC not too long ago, and the Oneida are now in the business of selecting which New York stateowned properties they need ~ like schols, freeways, waterworks, all the good stuff.

In general Eastern tribes were paid for their land. They were given reserves in the West as well.