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What? This is getting confusing.
Yes probably all cultures had slaves or stole land at some point in time. (This is true, depending on whether you see cultures as fixed in time: are current day Egyptians of the same culture as ancient Egyptians? When does culture "restart"? Who decides this?)
Let me ask you: is there no difference between let's say a Native American claiming his land was stolen (hundreds of years ago and his people massacred, and he's now a second rank citizen on his own land), and for instance a white European claiming his land was stolen (by the Romans? During WW2? I would not know what he means honestly, especially because he is now part of a nation state, a first class citizen).
Yes all land was stolen. But this is not an absolute. You wouldn't agree the Native American had his land quite a bit more relatively stolen?
My point is you can't invalidate the claim of native peoples just by going "meh, so what? All land was technically stolen at some point". Some people can make a more legitimate claim their land was stolen than others.