When one side loses a war, are they entitled to apologies and free stuff from the winners?

A few leftist "native Americans" are fed up with Thanksgiving.  So they want to "decolonize" it.

Translation: You people of European ancestry need to apologize yet again to us who are decendants of the people you defeated between 1500 and 1800 or so.

They want you to "apply values" of native Americans to everything, which they claim would drastically change the way we live.  

>>A decolonized Thanksgiving could transform a holiday marred by historical amnesia into a celebration of genuine gratitude, unity, and recognition of our rich Indigenous heritage. It would offer a clearer lens through which to see the entire world.>>

I'm going to say something considered racially rude:  I'm sick of the bullshit.

As a military guy I honor the bravery of all fighters, on both sides.  Almost all would have been happier not to have gone to war, since they are the ones who pay the price.  But all fought valiantly for their beliefs--and in most cases honorably.

Until recently societies that were defeated either assimilated into the conquering society or rebuilt as peaceful allies.  But in the last 40 years leftists began to push the unprecedented idea that countries that won wars needed to apologize to the people they'd defeated.

It was the beginning of the Victim Narrative, and has reached full flower with the Left's support of Native Americans and Palestinians.

The Left pushed the idea that both groups  were morally superior to the nation that defeated them in battle.  In fact, they were not.  Early Native American tribes were experts at conquest, and unsurprisingly, tried to defeat every opponent.  

Native Americans fought well and honorably, but were defeated largely by superior European technology.  The lack of technology absolutely does not mean they were morally superior, but that's now the universal claim of the Left.

Since the beginning of history the winner of a war sets the terms for peace.  One can argue about whether this is just, but it makes more sense than letting the losing side dictate terms.

But now the Left has decided the losers of  wars can extort the great-great-grandchildren of the winners of any war for endless concessions.

Descendants of Europeans never point this out because no one wants to cope with the predictable angry fits by people who see victimhood as a path to freebies and power.

But by not shutting down this absurd extortion by the Left we have ensured that their demands will only increase.  Endless reparations and payoffs, endless "land acknowledgements," endless affirmative action programs, endless demands for apologies (which are endlessly offered, and endlessly rejected as insufficient).

The Left endlessly demands that we "center" other people and endlessly think about our alleged sins.

Enough.

Though I am proud that my ancestors fought and won a war, I can't take credit for what they did.  And similarly, the fact that some people's ancestors lost that war does not entitle them to make endless demands on the winners.