In 1961 the U.S. Federal Government terminated the Menominee Tribe’s federal recognition, ending the tribe’s right to govern itself, as well as tribal rights to land, hunting, and fishing (the effective termination date was Apr...il 30, 1961). However, the Menominee sued the United States for compensation for being terminated, and on May 27, 1968 the Supreme Court ruled that the tribe retained its hunting and fishing rights under the treaties involved and the rights were not lost after federal recognition was ended by the Menominee Termination Act without a clear and unequivocal statement removing those rights by Congress. In 1973 in an act of Congress, the Menominee regained federal recognition and their reservation in Wisconsin was re-established in 1975. During the 1950s and 1960s the U.S. tried to get out of many obligations it had towards sovereign tribes by terminating their federal recognition. From 1953-1964, the government terminated recognition of a total of 109 tribes and bands as sovereign dependent nations.