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John Bennett announced last month he will place his bid to run for Congress in the U.S House of Representatives. The House seat vacancy opened after Mark Wayne Mullin announced his candidacy for the U.S Senate. Unlike the other four Oklahoma congressional district races, Bennett will not be facing an incumbent candidate.

Oklahoma’s Five Tribes are pushing back against critics of tribal sovereignty, as the Supreme Court prepares to hear a case Wednesday that could solidify the impact of its 2020 ruling that recognized reservations over nearly half of Oklahoma.

The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to hear oral arguments Wednesday, April 27, in a case the state of Oklahoma hopes will give it permission to prosecute non-Indians who commit

WASHINGTON – Oklahoma’s Five Tribes pushed back against critics of tribal sovereignty last week as the U.S. Supreme Court prepared to hear oral arguments Wednesday in a case that could

Republicans are starting to compete for party leadership positions, a congressional candidate is at odds with Oklahoma tribes, and Dems talk abortion.

The Justice Department wants time to make oral arguments in the Oklahoma case before the U.S. Supreme Court.

Attorneys for the federal government and Oklahomas tribes stated in briefs filed this week that only Congress can address any concerns stemming from the U.S. Supreme Court’s McGirt decision.

Choctaw Nation leaders said a recent bill reauthorization shows Congress supports tribes and their criminal justice systems in wake of the McGirt decision.

The Five Tribes say Oklahomas claims of criminal jurisdiction would include tribal trust land and give the state unprecedented authority.

Nellie Meashintubby believes that tribal sovereignty means the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma should have not only criminal jurisdiction over Native Americans within its reservation, but should govern in civil matters