Source (thenewamerican.com)
TL;DR: No. It does not.
In reality, however, it was “lawfully created” even if one accepts only the premises of pre-Western, pre-Christian civilization. Just consider what Professor Thomas Sowell pointed out regarding this in 2003:
One of the things we take for granted today is that it is wrong to take other people’s land by force. Neither American Indians nor the European invaders believed that.
Both took other people’s land by force — as did Asians, Africans and others. The Indians no doubt regretted losing so many battles. But that is wholly different from saying that they thought battles were the wrong way to settle ownership of land.
For this reason, tribes often fought with each other over land and resources. Not surprisingly, too, they didn’t view other Indians as the “noble savages” some white liberals later romanticized them as. For instance, consider that the tribal name “Sioux” is a derogatory term meaning “little snakes.”
Oh, and the name was given to them by other Indians: the Ojibwe/Chippewa tribe.
[Source](https://thenewamerican.com/us/culture/does-america-sit-on-stolen-land/)
TL;DR: No. It does not.
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In reality, however, it was “lawfully created” even if one accepts only the premises of pre-Western, pre-Christian civilization. Just consider what Professor Thomas Sowell pointed out regarding this in 2003:
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One of the things we take for granted today is that it is wrong to take other people’s land by force. Neither American Indians nor the European invaders believed that.
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Both took other people’s land by force — as did Asians, Africans and others. The Indians no doubt regretted losing so many battles. But that is wholly different from saying that they thought battles were the wrong way to settle ownership of land.
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For this reason, tribes often fought with each other over land and resources. Not surprisingly, too, they didn’t view other Indians as the “noble savages” some white liberals later romanticized them as. For instance, consider that the tribal name “Sioux” is a derogatory term meaning “little snakes.”
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Oh, and the name was given to them by other Indians: the Ojibwe/Chippewa tribe.
