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Choctaw Nationâs Division of Legal and Compliance Senior Executive Officer Brad Mallet said the tribe reserves the right to determine its membership and would not recognize any attempts to define it.
DERRICK JAMES | Staff photo
Choctaw Nationâs Division of Legal and Compliance Senior Executive Officer Brad Mallet said the tribe reserves the right to determine its membership and would not recognize any attempts to define it.
DERRICK JAMES | Staff photo
Choctaw Nation Prosecutor Kara Bacon.Â
At least two state prosecutors argued for Oklahoma courts to set a minimum blood quantum in cases with McGirt challenges â including a case in Pittsburg County â despite established court rulings and opposition from the state s tribes.
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With access to a much greater volume of COVID-19 vaccines than was initially made available to them, Indian nations in Oklahoma began offering inoculations to younger tribal members, spouses and others.
Meanwhile, the chief medical officer of the Rockville, Maryland-based Indian Health Service, which supplies the vaccines to Indian clinics nationwide, said he fully expects that by the end of the summer, anyone across Indian Country will be able to get vaccinated.
As part of its public health marketing campaign, the Indian Health Service has been “touting the vaccine being free,” Rear Adm. Dr. Michael Toedt, said on a recent media call.
Cherokee attorney offers take on âby bloodâ removal
STILWELL â An attorney familiar with the Cherokee Nationâs long and at times bitter relationship with freed slaves and their descendants says the CN Supreme Courtâs removal of a âby bloodâ requirement is a milestone for civil rights within the tribe.
âThis is not only a great day for civil rights activists in Cherokee Nation, itâs a great day for our judicial process,â CN citizen and Stilwell-based attorney Ralph Keen II said. âNow the judicial process recognizes that even though yes, we live within the framework of our own Cherokee law, we still have a higher responsibility and weâre still subjugated to federal law and we canât violate that.â