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Originally Posted by valo403
Well if we want to take this as a purely legal argument then you have to factor in the laws under which the acquisitions occurred. I'm no expert in this area, but acquiring title to frontier land like that by force was certainly legal under that regime, and as we know the winners get to make the rules. Whether it's just in hindsight is another question, but from a purely legal standpoint title was acquired, treaties were signed etc.
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Except we also know that treaties were ignored or simply torn up. And are we sure it was legal under that regime? It really depends on how far back you think common law applies. I'm also pretty sure there would have been some legal squabbles if white ranchers were appropriating land from each other via force during this time.