Alternatively, her name may be "Aileen" and her hiding place a "soup tureen". The collection sold for $451,000 and a tureen with an aventurine decoration sold for $55,000. He was presented with an inscribed tureen at the occasion. Benedict is critical of both Tureen and the Pequots, whose Indian ancestry the author doubts. Later, in April, Tureen was approached by the Penobscot whose land claim concerned . Tureen and King prepared a map in accordance with Taylor's wishes. Afterward, Tom Tureen (the tribes' lawyer) tried to negotiate a cash settlement. Tureen attempted to persuade a large law firm to join the case pro bono. Tureen and his colleagues sought actual return of land plus monetary damages for trespass. The Passamaquoddy tribal council fired Gellers and asked Tureen to take over. Tureen himself would eventually move to NARF during the course of the litigation. In early 1970, Tureen began assisting the tribe in an effort to receive federal grants. In October 1981, Tureen approached King (the defendants' lawyer) regarding a federally legislated settlement. Hayward and Tureen immediately started planning a high-stakes bingo operation.