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Originally Posted by WhiteTiger
Because the FN people weren't actually "conquered". The government 'bought' their land from them (even though they didn't understand the concept of land ownership and thought they were pulling a fast one on the white man) and have been paying for it ever since. If they HAD been conquered, like any other conquered folks out there, this wouldn't be an issue these days. It would be like any other 'conquered people' situation you are outlining.
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Some of them didn't even have that. In BC, many natives don't have treaties, and in Ontatio, some hadn't signed any until the 1930s... well after the colonial period.