I'm not familiar with the Canadian or US perspective, but at least in Australia we've had the native title act for 25 years which recognises the rights of Abori

I'm not familiar with the Canadian or US perspective, but at least in Australia we've had the native title act for 25 years which recognises the rights of Aboriginal people to manage land they've had a traditional connection to in a manner consistent with the traditional customs and laws of the interested party. Just as in this case relating to the Soviets, laws have been passed to help right a moral/legal wrong of dispossession and just as in this case the situation is made complex by modern conflicting use of the property. The moral principle is sound. That the situation of each petitioner under any mildly related system are inconsistent and varied is to be expected. Everyone's circumstances are different.