>>509520786You have to understand the mindset natives had back then.
To them, you couldn't own land. The same way you can't own air or sun rays.
It made no sense to own land.
So, when European came over and bought their lands, natives thought they were ripping off the Europeans.
That would be similar to someone knocking on your door to offer you various toys in exchange for the air in your house.
At some point, it just felt like Europeans were giving them stuff for free, hence why they sold their lands for ridiculous items.
Eventually, when they wanted to go back on their lands to hunt (or whatever) and were told to fuck off, they started to understand.