The Indian population is fortunate that the Neanderthals and other hominidae peoples are not around (at least not in large numbers) to trump their claim on "ancestral lands".
Why don't they just go to the U.N to have The United States declared invalid? Maurice Sturm would be glad to put the entire nation in the U.N. Land Bank.
I read in some obscure part that some viking like settlers remains were found on the east coast, predating the arrival of American Indians. Does that make it Viking territory??, and not Indian??