This is just like any other claim to own some particular piece of real estate: it will have abundant "standing", "merit" and "legitimacy" as soon as she is able to back her claim up by force.
It's been that way since the beginning of time; and (if you follow eminent domain disputes, and the handling of most aboriginal land claims carefully enough), after all is said and done, that's pretty much the way things work nowadays, also.
It's been that way since the beginning of time; and (if you follow eminent domain disputes, and the handling of most aboriginal land claims carefully enough), after all is said and done, that's pretty much the way things work nowadays, also.