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During their annual state of the nation addresses, both Choctaw Nation Chief Gary Batton and Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. say they're focusing their efforts on strengthening tribal sovereignty.
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Senate Pro Tem Greg Treat has formally asked state Attorney General Gentner Drummond to intervene in an ongoing dispute over tribal gaming compacts.
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Earlier this year, Slate called Gorsuch the best friend Native Americans have ever had on the Supreme Court.
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The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals has now ruled that eight tribal nations in Oklahoma have never had their reservations disestablished after the landmark McGirt v. Oklahoma ruling in the summer of 2020.
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Late last month, the Oklahoma Supreme Court issued a controversial opinion on the federal 1978 Indian Child Welfare Act, which gives the state the authority to intervene in the custody of Indian children, even if they live on a reservation that is not their own.
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This Week in Oklahoma Politics discusses a state lawmaker selling her house to the Turnpike Authority at more than $100,000 above the appraisal for the agency's expansion in Newcastle, and Attorney General Gentner Drummond taking over a criminal case against a state lawmaker.
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AG Gentner Drummond hopes to reset Oklahoma’s relationship with tribal nations. He says he will make ‘respecting’ tribes a top priority.
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An obscure case of illegal hunting in south-central Oklahoma could point to new ways the state is trying to assert jurisdiction inside newly affirmed tribal reservation boundaries.
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This episode of Focus: Black Oklahoma features reports on a Tulsa company supporting political candidates who push misinformation, a museum exhibit exploring the history of Cherokee Freedmen and the rural beginnings of DJ LiTEBRiTE.
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At issue is whether the the Indian Child Welfare Act — aimed at preventing Native American children from being separated from their tribes — is tribal protection or racial classification.