Sioux Tribe of Indians v. United States

ORDER REGARDING SETTLEMENT OFFER

YOCK, Judge.

The claims in this case involve the appropriate valuation to be placed on lands ceded by the Sioux Nation Tribes to the United States pursuant to the Treaty of April 29, 1868, 15 Stat. 635. This case, or portions thereof, have been in litigation for more than 60 years. Sioux Tribe of Indians v. United States, 84 Ct.Cl. 16, 19 (1936), cert. denied, 302 U.S. 717, 58 S.Ct. 37, 82 L.Ed. 554 (1937). The issues remaining concern the amount of Government offsets, if any, to be deducted from the interlocutory land valuation award of $43,949,700. See Sioux…