I think the issue is the persistent violence of colonisation. The loss of land, language and culture. It does intergenerational harm. I can't see how it matters

I think the issue is the persistent violence of colonisation. The loss of land, language and culture. It does intergenerational harm. I can't see how it matters a jot whether it was hundreds of years, or thousands. But that said, 1840 - 1250 = 590 years.