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Dec
8

In Oklahoma, Indian License Tags Allow Indian Motorists To Get Out Of Paying Turnpike Tolls

Allan on December 8th, 2023

Many Oklahoma Indian tribes issue their own license plates.  Having those license plates is now becoming a license to get out of paying tolls on Oklahoma turnpikes. And this is not even directly related to Oklahoma’s McGirt fiasco, although it could be exacerbated by it. For the entire blog entry, click here. Blog entry by Allan […]

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Jul
13

Recent Supreme Court Decision Slightly Limits Reach of McGirt. But Congress Still Needs to Act to Fix the Problem.

Allan on July 13th, 2022

Two years ago, in McGirt v. Oklahoma, the Supreme Court ruled that the Muscogee Tribe of Oklahoma still has an Indian reservation. This led to the current legal understanding that six Oklahoma tribes have reservations, comprising 43% of Oklahoma’s territory, including the city of Tulsa. It’s a preposterous ruling which may leads to all sorts […]

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