Show SIOUX DEMAND MANY MILLIONS FROM US U S tribal C claims are ba based sed on treaty rights pierre S D millions of dollars would come to the sioux of the dakotas if K they can establish all their claims claim s against the government in the action now before the court of claims ou oh the showings they make this action started on the demand of the sioux for compensation tor for the black hills a territory which they allege was taken from them in violation of treaty rights and on the signatures of the heads of a few bands of the sioux instead of a general agreement the value they put upon this tract Is with interest from 1870 go back to 1851 besides the claim for the elack black nilla the action carries with it claims which have been made by the sioux under different treaty regulations regulation dating back bach to 1851 with interest running back that far on some of the claims the direct claims without interest amount to approximately for the general tribal funds and approximately tor for various bands and the interest charge will more than double this the government will present offsets which will wipe out a portion of 0 till this claim and just how much ever will come to the indians Is a problem these claims are the result of a demand made by the sioux tor for pay for w the black hills section when the Is ilsoe sue came up an agreement wag reached by which they were to gather up all the old claims they made and put them into one action claims for hay several claims are made tor for hundred thousand dollars each for hay cut cot upon the reservations for forage for teams used by tile the early military expeditions in the upper missouri river country and ano another b or good sized bill tor for wood cut for building forts and aad for fuel by these expeditions still another item Is an estimated amount which should have been spent for education of the roving tribes between the years 1883 1868 and 1893 under a treaty of 1808 then there Is a charge for farming implements and teams which were to be supplied under another treaty of the distant pasta past estimating the number of sioux who were ready and willing to farm but could not do so on account of lack of the proper equipment |