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Lawmakers in the Joint State-Tribal Relations Committee approved a $100,000 injection into the state District Attorneys Council last week. It's to help two local state prosecutors fight an ongoing legal battle against the Department of Justice and two Indigenous nations.
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The attorney for the man behind the landmark McGirt v. Oklahoma U.S. Supreme Court case is requesting that his mental competency be evaluated in court filings.
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A federal judge has declined to grant a Muscogee Nation request to stop Tulsa law enforcement from arresting or issuing citations to tribal nation citizens.
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Jimcy McGirt, the man behind the landmark McGirt v. Oklahoma U.S. Supreme Court case, which reaffirmed the sovereignty of several Oklahoma tribes, will face a jury in the Eastern District Court of Oklahoma under felony charges.
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Northeast Oklahoma District Attorneys Matthew Ballard (District 12) and Carol Iski (District 25) have filed parallel motions of dismissal for a lawsuit filed against them from the Department of Justice.
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Jimcy McGirt, the man behind the landmark McGirt v. Oklahoma U.S. Supreme Court case, — which reaffirmed the sovereignty of several Oklahoma tribes — recently appeared in the Eastern District Court of Oklahoma under new charges.
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Muscogee Nation is suing two Northeast Oklahoma prosecutors, accusing them of violating the precedent set in the McGirt v. Oklahoma case.
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The Cherokee, Chickasaw and Choctaw Nations are throwing their support behind a federal effort to sanction Northeast Oklahoma prosecutors accused of violating the McGirt v. Oklahoma precedent.
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The U.S. Department of the Interior says two tribes should share the Cherokee Reservation.
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Tulsa County District Attorney Steve Kunzweiler is prosecuting a Cherokee Nation citizen for driving while intoxicated on Muscogee Nation land. And that decision could soon have ripple effects.