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As eastern Oklahoma’s transformation to Indian reservations took a leap forward last week, some state and tribal leaders renewed their call for Congress to allow them to forge agreements for prosecuting criminal cases.
Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter said recent discussions with members of Oklahoma’s congressional delegation “give me optimism and confidence that they’re going to move as quickly as this situation requires” to introduce legislation.
“The Cherokee and Chickasaw (leaders) are asking and supporting authority from Congress to compact with the state to share criminal jurisdiction,” Hunter said in an interview. “I’m hopeful that happens in the next few months and we look forward to working with the federal government and the tribes.”
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Last week, the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals delivered two monumental rulings affirming the tribal sovereignty of the Chickasaw Nation and the Cherokee Nation. The cases are now part of five Oklahoma tribes effort to regain their reservations following a historic win in the U.S. Supreme Court.
In each case, the defendants challenged the state s ability to prosecute them based on the location of the crime and the fact that both involved citizens of tribal nations in Oklahoma. In siding with the defendants, the court found that the reservations for both the Chickasaw Nation and the Cherokee Nation were never disestablished.
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