Preposterous Proudhon's Prosperity Trap.

The White man's burden in North America is a burden of guilt.
Most people are in denial, of course, but the fact is that Property is more than just a construct drawn on a piece of legalistic paper.
It is more than something 'invented' by government to keep boundaries clear.

Property is a real thing, and property is established by land or title belonging to Man long before it is recorded or ratified.

The Native Americans 'owned' the land they lived on, long before the USA and Canadian states said so.

And this was recognised by the individual White man, who traded for much of the land he now owns, rather than stealing it.

Perhaps the Native Americans were bad businessmen, but that isn't the White Man's fault.

I'm not saying that we all don't need laws to make property work; we do!

But what the denial of the White Man means is that they have an unreasoned and guilty adherence, an excessive and unwarranted adherence, to the structure of the State, as they see this state as the sole excuse and justification for any excesses that they may, historically, have committed at the expense of Native Americans.
They confuse government with civilisation.

Thus it's continuing and growing dominance in man's affairs becomes tolerated due to the guilt that this concession engenders.
And so the original functions of government become usurped by a state apparatus that seeks to distance itself from crumbling cultural motivations by appearing to defend those Natives more energetically than previously.

Thus, when the glorious day comes, and the White Man's culture is finally crushed, the state will go on, God help us.