text: Tough question.\n\nMany native Americans receive financial compensation, yet many are poor, uneducated drunks, and many get pregnant at a very young age. Entering some reservations is like entering a third-world country.\n\nRestitution becomes a "handout" to those who don't know what to do with it. People in those communities who do know, soon swindle those who don't out of their share.\n\nAlmost always, the poor will stay poor simply for making bad choices.\n\nJust like many lottery winners.\n\nMoral of the story: Yes, compensate them, but require them to attend 4 years of finance and PASS the classes using a standardized test before they can get any funds.