Five Civilized Tribes
A decision of the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) can have a life of its own. It may take years to develop, moving into various nooks and crannies of the law, in ways the Justices never foresaw nor intended. McGirt v. Oklahoma, a 2020 ruling by SCOTUS continues to spread its wings and […]
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The U.S. Supreme Court’s 2020 McGirt Decision resulted in most of eastern Oklahoma being declared Indian reservation land. According to the McGirt doctrine, Tulsa is all reservation land. Most of it is supposedly on the Muscogee (Creek) tribal reservation with part of it on the Cherokee reservation. In June, Tulsa’s Mayor Monroe Nichols announced an […]
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Is the metropolis of Tulsa on Indian reservation land? It sounds ridiculous, but thanks to the wisdom of our national Supreme Court, since 2020, Tulsa has been regarded as reservation land, part of it on the Muscogee (Creek) reservation and part of it on the Cherokee reservation. It sounds ridiculous and it is. For the […]
McGirt doctrine returns to the Supreme Court where it began, only to be bounced back down. For the entire blog entry, click here. Blog entry by Allan Wall, published August 12th, 2023, on VDARE.COM.
On July 27, 2022, an interesting hearing was held in the U.S. Senate. The topic at hand was the controversy over the Oklahoma Descendants of Freedmen, pitting certain blacks against certain Indian tribes which had owned their ancestors. For the entire article, click here. Article by Allan Wall, published August 22nd, 2022, on VDARE.COM.
Two years ago, the Supreme Court imposed a revolutionary ruling on the state of Oklahoma, and it’s still unraveling. In McGirt v. Oklahoma, and its companion case Sharp v. Murphy, the Supreme Court decreed that the Creek (Muscogee) Indian reservation had never been abolished and still exists. That understanding was expanded to declare that the […]
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The Supreme Court has ruled that the former Creek (Muscogee) land in Oklahoma is, at least for criminal law purposes, still tribal land. Where will this lead? There are many possible complications, and it could affect most of eastern Oklahoma. The majority opinion was written by Justice Neil Gorsuch, the dissent by Chief Justice John […]
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