They may call it what they like. Probably in beautiful flowery poetic language. But it boils down to the same thing: they claim first rights to the land*. Let's call a spade a spade (we're on Archaeologica.org for gossakes!), and not confuse the issue with semantics. I submit that's better left to other type fora.Minimalist wrote:
All generalizations are wrong, even this one, but generally the Indians did not think of land as something to be owned in the White Man's sense.
* imo rightfully so, BTW!