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I never claimed that. I claimed there is no utopian state of original land ownership. Indigenous tribes also killed murdered and persecuted each other over their land. But they had no written history of this at least that one be legally viable today. Indigenous tribes allied themselves with settlers to expand their own power and footprint at the expense of other tribes and settler groups. Especially during the French and Indian war. There were also Indians who raped and murder settlers, King's Philips war was full of Indian atrocities on the settlers, but is rarely talked about in modern times because it doesn't fit the narrative of 'white man bad, native American good'. FWIW https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Philip%27s_War. Frankly the only reason I am aware of it personally, was because I grew up in the area where the war happened and did a history day project on it in high school. Most history text books don't cover it and it's not a popular topic because of how fraught and messy the whole affair was.
It's true the USA government had a written history of land agreements, and the violation of those agreements often violated their own ideals and laws. But typically the law was re-written to justify this. It's true that with such written records you have some frame of reference, but which 'state' was the original one of land ownership you wish to revert to? the ones from 1780, or the some point in the 1800s, or what? There is some arbitrary point at which you must pick, and there will be winners and losers based on that.
The popular narrative today is that indigenous people's were purely victims of evil colonial settlers. But the truth is far more complex and excludes the inconvenient truth that such people's were not always peaceful collectivist nature lovers that the mass-media and modern Americans crudely seem to think they are.
Many tribes, to this day, viciously fight in the courts for land and tribal right status, and often larger more powerful tribes seek to deny them these rights. Legally, only certain tribes are recognized by the federal government... usually the largest and most powerful... and use that power to discriminate and deny other tribes recognition, rights, and status.
Again, if you want to fight and donate for these causes. Please go right ahead. You can choose with tribe you support based on which one you think suffered the most. But there is no utopian final endpoint of 'justice' at which things will be settled. Land theft and land rights are a perpetual issue. I worked in land policy for 5 years, and while I didn't work on tribal land policy specifically, the complexities and legality of land ownership and use go far deeper than some convenient catchphrase. And they are largely disputed and governed by the court system, so there isn't much anyone can directly do unless they are a part of the legal system or able to fund lawyers.
The average person can't afford a lawyer for themselves, let alone for someone else. But I'm sure Billie could fund lots of tribal buybacks and court cases.