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“Adverse possession” laws would likely be triggered even if the treaties were invalidated. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adverse_possession https://en.m.wiki

• erikpukinskis 7y ago
  Sure, current "owners" would try to argue good faith hostile possession. Maybe they win. It would be interesting to adjudicate whether kidnapping someone and removing them from their land and then selling it to another counts as a criminal conspiracy. It would also be interesting to adjudicate whether "I didn't think I was stealing, because I don't believe that person is a human being with rights" counts as a good faith argument. I could see it going either way, but I am excited to see how these cases are resolved. I hope they are brought in my lifetime. There is probably trillions of dollars of property implicated, at least half of which rightfully belongs to first nations people.