Hundreds of thousands of Native Americans stand to benefit from a landmark $3.4 billion settlement of a class action over the government’s mismanagement of their money and land.

The legal team representing lead plaintiff Elouise Cobell put their own price tag on the success — $224 million. Cobell’s lawyers last week pushed for the nearly quarter-billion dollar legal fee — even comparing the attorneys’ plight to that of the victims at the heart of the case.