That depends on the meaning of “these treaties”. The texts have probably been in the PD forever, assuming they were drafted by government lawyers (somewhat like

That depends on the meaning of “these treaties”. The texts have probably been in the PD forever, assuming they were drafted by government lawyers (somewhat likely judging by the content), because everything created by the federal government is. Barring that, copyright would have long expired. So go ahead, I really want to see an adaptation of Indian law to VC term sheets. The physical documents are not PD, because the concept has no meaning in the physical realm. Photographs are works separate from the objects they show, but the same limitation as to government works as above applies.