two upstate New York counties owed resti­tution to three tribes of Oneida Indians for the unlawful seizure of their ancestral lands in the eighteenth century.

restitution for 是固定搭配，owe to 也是一个固定搭配吧

翻译为A 欠了B一个补偿，原因是——

好像不对吧

restitution of, own to 是固定搭配

这里的for 和 restitution 不是固定搭配。