The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals ruled two more tribal reservations were never disestablished, bringing the number of tribes impacted by the McGirt ruling to eight.
TULSA, Okla. – Four Ottawa County American Indian tribes are challenging an Oklahoma law requiring their sovereign citizens accused of wrongdoing be prosecuted in state court. The Miami Tribe of Oklahoma, the Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma, the Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma, and the Seneca-Cayuga Nation filed separate federal lawsuits against Oklahoma State Attorney General […]
The U.S. Supreme Court declined Tuesday to hear requests made by the state of Oklahoma to define Native American status for federal criminal law purposes.