re: Wow, CNN just agreed to settle with Nick Sandmann. Amount is unknown

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This is the most historically accurate movie scene ever filmed.

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Indeed, The Black Hills land ownership question has already been settled by the Supreme Court. The land was stolen from the Sioux who stole it from the Cheyenne and Kiowa who stole it from the Crow peoples and they from whomever held it before. Indian tribes did not truly claim "ownership" of land, but only it's use as they were generally wandering peoples. The Supreme Court decision means that title to the land stays as recorded in the various deeds in effect today. The court established a value at the time of taking and awarded damages to the tribes from the U.S. Government in that amount plus compound interest from 1876. The U.S. government has set aside a trust fund in a Bureau of Indian Affairs account of over 1 BILLION dollars and that trust fund is drawing compound interest. The tribes will not accept the court ruling and do not want to take the funds as it might extinguish future claims. It's all about the money as usual. And the longer it is drawn out, the more money their legal advisers are able to collect so I don't expect it to end anytime soon as that would kill their golden goose. Here is a Wikipedia reference - LINK

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He did not settle his case for $100m, $200m, or $300m

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Regardless of the amount I would advise Nick not to take a check.