Aberdeen area Director Billings area Director From: Assistant Secretary - Indian Affairs Subject: Results of Research Report of Judgment Funds to the Sioux Tribes of Indians in Docket 74 before the United States Claims Court. This results of research is submitted in compliance with the Indian Judgment Funds Act of October 19, 1973, 87 stat. 466 as amended and implemented by CFR 87. These treaties between the U.S. and Sioux Nation are laying in "dormancy" and are still in active status as they have never been resolved or relinquished as claimed for the monetary value attached to them. The 1868 treaty does not include an agreement that the U.S. Government has the authority or consent to implement legislation regarding the territory or people within the republic of the treaty boundaries. There were in fact no agreements of any kind arrived at between the U.S. by the Sioux Nation between 1868 and the implementation of the 1871 Appropriations Act. Also in regards to the Indian Judgement Funds Act, this is a breech of contract and the arbitrary, unilateral decision proclaiming the taking date for the so called cession of the 1868 treaty is a violation of an international agreement and subject to International Law. Little Hawk