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>>19311903
>Most of North America was completely uninhabited, and indeed had never been inhabited, until Whites arrived. To imply that these empty spaces belonged to this tribe or that tribe, and to imply that the land that was inhabited by this tribe or that tribe can be moved around and have its ownership changed to abstract concepts like "Ojibwe" or "Navajo" rather than individuals

> because the natives never claimed ownership of the land or really even had such a concept.

Nah, there were way more agricultural and sedentary Native American societies then people realize, even in North America.

Some of pic related is showing migratory agroforestry for North America rather then sedentary societies, but even so the Southwest US and Eastern US had a long history of sedentary chiefdoms and proto-civilizations, arguably some full cities/civilizations too.