in an effort to fight termination and force the government into recognizing their outstanding land claims from new york, the three tribes began filing litigation in the 1950s. as a result of a claim filed with the indian claims commission, the group was awarded a settlement of $1,313,472.65 on august 11, 1964. to distribute the funds, congress passed public law 90-93 81 stat. 229 "emigrant new york indians of wisconsin judgment act," and prepared separate rolls of persons in each of the three groups to determine which tribal members had at least one-quarter "emigrant new york indian blood." it directed tribal governing bodies of the oneida and stockbridge-munsee to apply to the secretary of the interior for approval of fund distributions, thereby ending termination efforts for these tribes. with regard to the brothertown indians, however, though the law did not specifically state they were terminated, it authorized all payments to be made directly to each enrollee, with special provisions for minors to be handled by the secretary, though the payments were not subject to state or federal taxes. part of the settlement required each of the tribes to update their membership rolls.