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2 Oklahoma tribes support federal legislation allowing tribal-state compacting on criminal jurisdiction Share Updated: 5:23 PM CDT May 10, 2021 KOCO Staff Share Updated: 5:23 PM CDT May 10, 2021
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Show Transcript US WITH DETAILS ON THIS NEW BILL. REPORTER: CONGRESSMAN TOM COLE EXPECTED TO INTRODUCE THIS BILL IN WASHINGTON TOMORROW. LIKE YOU SAID, IT WOULD ALLOW THE CHICKASAWS AND CHEROKEES TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE STATE TO ALLOW THE STATE TO HAVE JURISDICTION IN SOME CASES ON THE LAND OF THOSE TRIBES. CHUCK HOSKIN SAID MCGIRT WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT CASE AND RESTORED RESERVATION STATUS FOR THE FIVE TRIBES OF OKLAHOMA AND THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA OAK CAN T PROSECUTE CRIMES THAT HAPPEN ON TRIBAL LAND AND WHERE A NON-NATIVE AMERICAN. CHEROKEE ATTORNEY GENERAL SAYS THE STATE WHERE THE TRIBE COULD LET THE STATE PROSECUTE SOME OF THOSE CASES. IT IS TAKING THE SHACKLES OFF OF THE TRIBE IN THE STATE SO THE TRIBE AND THE STATE RGS THE