Happy Independence Day! For any future conversations that will no doubt come from the "stolen land" crowd applying "Presentism." It is defined as “uncritical adherence to present-day attitudes, especially the tendency to interpret past events in terms of modern values and concepts.” The correct term is "conquered land." A exercise that goes as far back in recorded history as when Sargon of Akkad built a empire in 2330 BC. Were the Indians treated horribly...no arguement there. They too also conquered lands from and commited atrocities on other tribes.