More importantly, the BIA reinterpreted its 1993 policy memo, and said in a press release that the tribe lost its federal status by the 1839 Congressional act: Congress, in the act of 1839, brought federal recognition of the relationship with the Brothertown Indian tribe of Wisconsin to an end.
Viel bedeutender war jedoch, dass das BIA sein Memo von 1993 neu überarbeitet und in einer Pressemitteilung verlautbarte, dass der Stamm 1839 durch den Congressional Act seinen bundesrechtlichen Status verloren habe: Congress, in the act of 1839, brought federal recognition of the relationship with the Brothertown Indian tribe of Wisconsin to an end.