The Sacred Buffalo Vision by Robert J. Juneau and Robert C. Juneau pg.172-173

They are experts on the condition and location of Bureau records. BIA records are stored all over creation. Some of them are not in very usable condition. Each one of the claims has to be prepared separately because each claim may involve title to different land, which means a separate abstract, and may affect different Indian heirs. It means a great research process as well. Many of the claims will not or have not litigation reports to reach the Justice Department before the administrative deadline because they need an abstract of title, factual research, or legal research. On the one hand the Indian claims were originally founded in a breach of contract and a title claim, but the fact that the state has been in wrongful possession of the Indian lands for the past 112 years in a trespass against the Indian’s interest, and therefore it lies in tort rather than contract, and is not precluded by the statute of limitations. There are countless Indian people and Indian tribes whose potential claims have not yet been given a fair opportunity to be reviewed in terms of their validity. The remaining question that both Congress and the Executive Branch must face is whether there is continuing exposure to the United States Government in the unresolved Indian claims and violations of tribal sovereignty and loss of Indian trust property.”
-The Sacred Buffalo Vision by Robert J. Juneau  and Robert C. Juneau    
pg.172-173