Since we're talking about giving land back to Indians, remember that title held by conquest has been valid title in the United States for over 200 years. Fuck you, canada, for being the biggest pussies of the year. >The United States, then, has unequivocally acceded to that great and broad rule by which its civilized inhabitants now hold this country. They hold and assert in themselves the title by which it was acquired ... >The validity of the titles given by either has never been questioned in our courts. It has been exercised uniformly over territory in possession of the Indians ... >Conquest gives a title which the courts of the conqueror cannot deny, whatever the private and speculative opinions of individuals may be, respecting the original justice of the claim which has been successfully asserted ... >These claims have been maintained and established as far west as the River Mississippi by the sword. The title to a vast portion of the lands we now hold originates in them. It is not for the courts of this country to question the validity of this title or to sustain one which is incompatible with it ... >The title by conquest is acquired and maintained by force. The conqueror prescribes its limits ... *Johnson & Graham's Lessee* at 21. [Battle of Tippecanoe, November 7, 1811](https://poal.co/static/images/a0b030e4a4a23251.jpg)