Monroe Nichols
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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