Comparing Indians to blacks, as far as how they have been treated historically, is like comparing rotten apples to rotten oranges. They're both equally terrible, but different nonetheless.

You can't put a price on the suffering both have had to endure at the hands of white people. But you can attach a figure to the wages lost by blacks during slavery.

Reparations will never be paid though, so it's a moot point. The figures I've read (upwards of $700 trillion) and other ethical and legal questions make that impossible. I was saying that to make the point that it's a fallucy to think "we've tried to make it better."

Idealistically, I'm all for the payment of reparations and the recognition of all treaties signed between the U.S. and Indians even though I know it will never happen.