In October, Ottawa said it would pay hundreds of millions of dollars in compensation to Indigenous children taken from their families and placed in non-Indigenous homes. 

Survivors of the Sixties Scoop will receive up to $50,000 each.  But if more than 30 thousand people are eligible, survivors will instead divide the pool of cash.

"At the end of the day, it's not going to be very much for any of us," said survivor Priscilla Meeches.

Meanwhile, the law firms that negotiated the deal are set to earn millions in fees. 

"We definitely don't want to see lawyers retiring to the Bahamas on 75 million dollars on our backs, on our suffering," said survivor Colleen Rajotte. 

Rajotte wants survivors to opt out of the settlement.

But Tony Merchant, one of the lawyers who negotiated the deal, says it's very difficult for courts to place a dollar figure on a loss of culture.   And it's taken him 8 years of work to get to this amount. 

"If they opt out, then in three or four or five or seven years from now, perhaps they'll be able to get more money," said Merchant. "They then have to find lawyers who are prepared to try and take the case forward and do better.  My advice to people is I do not think they will do better."

Beaverhouse First Nation Chief Marcia Brown Martel, a lead plaintiff in the class action, tells CTV News she plans to stay on, saying the deal is an acknowledgement there has been a wrong done.

In a statement to CTV News, the federal government says:

"It represents a significant first step in resolving this historic injustice.  But we know that there are other claims that remain unresolved, including those.. of the Métis and non-status.

We remain committed, to working with all Indigenous peoples affected by the Sixties Scoop -- to resolve the remaining litigation, through negotiation." 

The group working to stop the deal doesn't have much time to do it.   With a court date set, it could become legal as early as May.

Colleen Rajotte says she and others will go across the country to inform survivors about the agreement, and help them opt out of it if they wish.