There is no evidence that any human beings’ beginnings were here in the USA. The evidence so far has concluded that the so-called Native Americans were actually migratory people who came here from other lands, typically via the ancient Alaska-Russia land bridge, and by boat from South America, Africa, Europe, Nordic Countries, and even from South Pacific islands. They discovered the land first, but that doesn’t mean they have an inherent right to it.

This is my argument:

1. Since all human beings who came here were from somewhere else, no one is truly indigenous, and therefore, nobody has a sacred indigenous right to America by virtue of being FROM here vs ARRIVING here first, assuming you believe that indigenous people have an inherent right to land ownership, which they don’t.

2. The ownership of land has different tenets depending on who’s promulgating them. Native Americans typically went the socialist route where all land was controlled by the tribe and there was no fee simple ownership of real estate by any member of the tribe, but each had a leasehold estate in the spot where their teepee was placed, and they owned their own personal belongings, wagons & horses. The tribe had a non-elected council with a council-elected chief who controlled the tribe, and they decided that the tribal council owns the land. Keep in mind they didn’t mean every person had a mutual interest; it meant that the tribal members could use the land under the supervision & at the pleasure of the tribal council. This is a basis of our current city government except that in our government, the people are the government, but we elect officials to run it, and those officials have to abide by laws set by other legislators. They have limits as to what powers they have and what that can tell you to do. The tribe councils had no checks & balances & could decree anything they wanted, even those that would violate what we call now our civil rights. The Native Americans practiced a true form of Socialism, where as we limit the power of goverment for obvious reasons.

3. History (and equity) have shown us that the true ownership of land belongs to those who can take it & hold it. Europena settlers came to America & took the land they wanted typically by force (though some land was procured by treaties). British armies took lands in many countries to become part of their empire a few hundred years ago as did the Romans & Mongols & Babalonians & many others centuries earlier. Around 600 to 750 BC, the current area known as Israel & the West Bank were controlled by Hebrews, then overrun by Arabs, and also Greeks & Romans & others have controlled the area at different times. Lately, the Arabs claim the land is inherently theirs, although currently it’s all controlled by the Jews, as they’ve been able to take & hold the land just as other countries have done the same in their own history. Besides that, the people calling themselves “Palestinians” have never been in control of that area ever, be it the current state of Israel or Gaza Strip or The West Bank, so where’s the “inherent right” there?

All of this furthers my opinion that “Native” Americans are not actually native to this continent and have no right to own this land any more than any other people in the world. Land rightfully belongs to any group that can take & hold it, as history has proven every time. There is no “inherent” right to land ownership.