Unable to edit InDesign files built from 2012 - 2017 - Selection Tool turns into Hand tool

I need to update some files built in 2012 and modified in 2017.
All the image elements a locked have a link symbol - and the text have Little Page icon associated with them. NOTHING is Locked on the page when I go to OBJECTS menu. Neither one of my layers are locked. The elements on the Master/Parent Pages are also uneditable, not locked and not on a locked layer.
When I try to select a text block, the Text Tool turns into the Hand tool. When I try to select ANYTHING in the document with the selection or Direct Selection tools, my cursor turns into the Hand Tool.
Please help!

I am on a MacBook Pro M1 chip/OS 12.2.1 Monterey. Current InDesign app is 17.1