; and (C) that file a documented petition by December 15, 2000. (7) The Tribe was the only unrecognized Michigan tribe that met the requirements of section 110 of the Michigan Indian Land Claims Settlement Act. (8) The Tribe was instrumental in the filing of the original land claim and is comprised of descendants of members who signed the Treaties of 1820, 1836, and 1855. (9) The Tribe filed a fully documented petition with the Bureau of Indian Affairs on December 8, 2000, and thus met the Act’s filing deadline. (10) After the Tribe filed its petition in 2000, the Bureau of Indian Affairs did not issue a technical assistance letter until 2005. The Tribe responded fully in 2006, but still has not been recognized. (11) The Bureau of Indian Affairs did not meet its legal requirement under the Michigan Indian Land Claims Settlement Act to recognize the Tribe, and the Tribe is still in the recognition process almost 26 years later. (12) The Tribe met all of the criteria for distribution of the judgment funds reserved for an unrecognized tribe under section 110 of the Michigan Indian Land Claims Settlement Act. However, the tribal funds reverted back to the Treasury, which was a gross miscarriage of justice because the Tribe was a full participant in the claims litigation before the Indian Claim Commission that gave rise to the judgment award. (13) For every year that the Bureau of Indian Affairs does not act on the Tribe’s petition, the Tribe is unable to meet any needs for its members for social services, education, housing and elder care. (14) The Tribe filed for reorganization of its existing Tribal governments in 1935 under the Act of June 18, 1934 ( 25 U.S.C. 461 et seq. (commonly referred to as the Indian Reorganization Act )). Federal agents who visited the Tribe, including Commissioner of Indian Affairs John Collier, attested to the continued social and political existence of the Tribe and concluded that the Tribe was eligible for reorganization. Due to a lack of Federal appropriations to implement the