There is likely a difference between the Ojibwe taking land from the Dakota and the US government taking land from the Ojibwe.
When the Ojibwe migrated into Minnesota and Western WI from parts north and east … they came in as warriors and took the land through warfare. The Dakota warriors were either killed or escaped west. Dakota elders were likely killed or escaped west. Dakota women of child bearing age were likely taken as wives as spoils of war.
When the US government “took” the land from the Ojibwe via a variety of methods they unfortunately signed treaties and these documents remain in archived records. If treaties were broken than the Tribal Reservations have a legal basis … Casinos gave the tribes money which in turn allowed them to hire top shelf legal representation … the rest we all know.
In the 2020s there is a progressive group of people that cannot stand to think each of us must be accountable for our own actions and decisions. It must all be because of racism, etc… This group believes all whites must repent for their evil ways by handing back land and $$.
Some these progressive people are now lawmakers or even judges and thus decisions can be made based on their personal beliefs.
Thing is you can give a group of people money and land, but if they do not change their ways or fix their broken cultural issues … that money and land will just cycle back to ____.
