Sioux County pioneer., 1922-11-02
COMPLETE COPY
OFBLACK HILLSAT.
TORNEYSCONTRACT
Drawn at the Pierre Con.
ference the 24th of
October
ATTORNEYS CONTRACT

ATTORNEYS CONTRACT
Between the Sioux Nation or tribes
Of Indians, and Ralph H. Case and
G. G. Calhoun, Attorneys at Law,
Of Washington, D. e.
THIS AGkEEMENT, made and en-.
tered into this 1lth day OF Septem-
Der, 1922, by and between The 5 oux
Nation or tribes or bands of In
CLANS gnatoly hereto by Henry
Standing Bear, Carlos GaIlineaux,
Henry Fielder, Reuben Estes, ku1us
Aickar, Sr., Thomas Tultle, thomas
Kite, and Arthur Tibbets, acting for
AID on behalf OF the said Sioux Ma
ton or tribes, parties of tire first
part, and Ralph H. Case and C. C.
calhoun, Attorneys at Law, all of
Washington, d. c., parties of the
second part;
WlTNESSE1H: That the parties
of the first part in behalf of the said
Nation or tribes or bands of indians
under the authority vested in them
by resolutions Of certain councils of
the said Indians, copy of the pro-
ceedings of which councils are on file
N the Bureau Of Indian Affairs,
hereby contract with, retain and en-
ploy the parties of the second part
as attorneys in the matters hereinaf-
Ter mentioned subject to the appro-
val of the Commissioner of .lndian
Affairs and the Secretary of the In
terror, pursuant to section 2lO3 of
the Revised Statutes of the United
States:
1t shall be the duty of said at-
torneys to advise and represent the
said Sioux Nation of Indians in con-
nection with the suit which said In
dians are authorized to institute
against the United States under and
by virtue Of the Act of June 3, 1920,
(6l Stat. L., 1887 which reads, in part
as follows:
''The claim or claims of the
tribe or band or bands thereof
may be presented separately or
jointly by petition J.. and any
band or bands of said tribe or
any other tribe or band of In
dians the Court may deem ne
cessary to a final determination
| of such suit or suits. may be
joined herein as the Court may
''That upon the final determin-
| alton of such suit, cause, or ac-
ton the Court Of Claims shall
decree such fees as it shall find
or attorneys employed therein by
said tribe or bands of Indians
under contracts negotiated and
approved as provided by exist
ing law, and in no case shall the
fee decreed by said Court of
Claims be in excess of the
amounts stipulated in the con-
| tracts approved by the Commits
sioner Of Indian Affairs and the
Secretary Of the Interior, and no
attorney shall have the right to
represent the said tribes or any
band thereof in any suit, cause
or action under the provisions of
this Act until his contract shall
have been approved as herein pro-
vided \. PROVIDED, That in no
(. case shall the fees decreed by
said Court amount to more than
10 per centum of the amount of
the judgment recovered in such
cause"
or acts amendatory thereof or sup
Elemental thereto.
| 1t shall be the duty of said at
Il torneys to, advise the said tribes Of
Indians and to represent them be-
fore all Courts, Committees of Con-
igress, Departments, Tribunals, and
any Officer or Officers having any
duty to perform in connection with
i the investigation, consideration, or
final settlement of the matters em-
braced in the suit authorized by said
Act or acts amendatory thereof or
supplemental thereto.
4 The said attorneys in the perform
ance Of the duties required of them
8 under this contract shall be subject
to the supervision and direction OF
the Commissioner Of Indian Affairs
land the Secretary of the Interior,
and shall not make any compromise,
settlement, or other adjustment Of
the matters in controversy unless
:, with the approval Of the said offic-
ers; said attorneys shall also pur.
sue the litigation in question to and
. through the Courts Of final resort
unless authorized by the Secretary
Of the Interior to terminate the pro.
| ceedings at an intermediate state
thereof: .5# Il. s3.+ I.
| In consideration Of the services To
be rendered under the terms Of thil
contract the parties Of the second
lpart shall receive such compensation
Continued 70 laat pass)