Show SIOUX DEMAND MANY MILLIONS FROM U US S tribal claims are based on treaty rights pierre S D millions of dollars would come to the sioux of the dakotas if they can establish all their claims against the government in the action now before the court ot of claims on the showings they make inake this action started on the demand of the sioux for compensation for the black ellla a territory which they allege was taken from them in violation of treaty rights and on the big natures 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 e s t fro from m 1870 go back to 1051 1851 besides the claim tor for the black nills hills the action carries with it claims which have been made by the sioux under different treaty regulations dating back to 1851 with interest running bock back that far on some of the claims the direct claims without in terest interest amount to approximately for the general tribal funds and approximately for various bands and the interest charge will moro more than double this the government will present offsets which will wipe out a portion of this claim arid and just how low much ever will come to tho the indians Is a these claims are the result ot of a domand demand rondo made by the sioux for pay for the dlack black nilla section when tile tho issue camo came up nn an agreement was reached by which they were to gather up nil all the old claims they made and put them into one ond action I 1 claims for hay several claims are rondo made for bull hundred thousand dollars each for hay 1 ay cut upon the reservations for forage for teams used by the early military expeditions in the upper BlIsso missouri url river country and another good sized bill for wood cut for building forts and for fuel by these expeditions still another item Is nn an estimated amount which should have been spent for education of the roving tribes bo tween the years 1808 1868 and 1898 under a treaty of 1868 then there la Is a 0 charge for farming implements arid and teal teams alls which were to bo be supplied un der another tre treaty aty of the distant past I 1 estimating tho the number of sioux who were ready and willing to farm but could not do so on account of lack of the proper equipment |