The following biography and essay are written by the author: (Mario Gonzalez is an enrolled member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe and presently serves as legal counsel to several Sioux tribes. He is the first recipient of the Distinguished Aboriginal Lawyer Achievement Award (1995) given by the Native Law Center of Canada, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Sask. He is also co-author of The Politics of Hallowed Ground: Wounded Knee and the Struggle for Indian Sovereignty (1999). He can be reached at mario@mariogonzalezlaw.com). [Part One] Why the Docket 74-A award must be rejected By Mario Gonzalez A federal class action lawsuit called Different Horse v. Salazar was filed in U.S. District Court by the Ketterling Law Firm of Yankton, S.D. on April 15, 2009, to force the Interior Department to distribute the Dockets 74-A and 74-B Sioux land claims awards in per capita payments to tribal members. The awards with (interest) now total over $1 billion. The Rosebud Sioux Tribe has taken the le...