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Some tribes believe additional federal resources are the solution to their expanded criminal justice obligations in Oklahoma.

TAHLEQUAH – Leaders from the Cherokee and Chickasaw nations are endorsing what they call narrow federal legislation that would authorize tribal-state compacting on criminal jurisdiction. The bill, which was expected to be introduced in Congress on May 11, addresses “ongoing jurisdictional challenges” in the wake of a 2020 ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court in McGirt v. Oklahoma. “When it comes to McGirt – the most monumental Indian Country case in generations and one t...

US Interior secretary approves Cherokee Nation Constitution Associated Press View Comments U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland approved a new constitution for the Cherokee Nation on Wednesday, ensuring citizenship for descendants of its Freedmen, the Black people once enslaved by tribal citizens. “The Cherokee Nation’s actions have brought this longstanding issue to a close and have importantly fulfilled their obligations to the Cherokee Freedmen,” Haaland said in a statement. The issue o...

Oklahoma Rep. Tom Cole introduces first federal bill to address McGirt ruling Chris Casteel, Oklahoman Replay Video UP NEXT U.S. Rep. Tom Cole introduced a bill on Tuesday to allow the Cherokee and Chickasaw nations to make agreements with the state of Oklahoma on prosecuting some crimes involving Native Americans within the tribes’ reservations. Cole, R-Moore, said the legislation would provide “an immediate solution to the urgent issues facing law enforcement, giving them...

Oklahoman U.S. Rep. Tom Cole introduced a bill on Tuesday to allow the Cherokee and Chickasaw nations to make agreements with the state of Oklahoma on prosecuting some crimes involving Native Americans within the tribes’ reservations. Cole, R-Moore, said the legislation would provide “an immediate solution to the urgent issues facing law enforcement, giving them clarity to enforce the law, keep dangerous criminals behind bars and ensure justice is served.” McGirt decision prompts changes...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Two of the most powerful Native American tribes in Oklahoma said Monday they’ve reached an agreement on federal legislation that would address concerns over criminal jurisdiction in light of a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision. The leaders of the Cherokee and Chickasaw nations said the bill expected to be introduced in Congress Tuesday by Rep. Tom Cole would authorize the two tribes to reach a compact with the state over criminal jurisdiction. Cole’s office didn’t ...

Federal bill to address criminal jurisdiction within Oklahoma’s historic tribal reservation boundaries FILE - In this Aug. 22, 2019 file photo, Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin speaks during a news conference in Tahlequah, Okla. Two of the most powerful Native American tribes in Oklahoma said Monday, May 10, 2021 theyve reached an agreement on federal legislation that would address concerns over criminal jurisdiction in light of a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision. (Source: A...

Black Freedmen Struggle for Recognition as Tribal Citizens Sean Murphy, Associated Press, May 1, 2021 As the U.S. faces a reckoning over its history of racism, some Native American tribal nations that once owned slaves also are grappling with their own mistreatment of Black people. When Native American tribes were forced from their ancestral homelands in the southeastern United States to what is now Oklahoma in the 1800s — known as the Trail of Tears — thousands of Black slaves owned by tri...

Oklahoman The leaders of the Cherokee and Chickasaw Nations have signed off on federal legislation that would allow them to negotiate compacts with the state on criminal jurisdiction within their reservations. The legislation, which may be introduced in Congress as soon as Tuesday, would provide a means for the tribes and state prosecutors to share jurisdiction over some crimes that became the responsibility of the tribes and federal government after a U.S. Supreme Court decision last year. U.S...

Federal bill to address criminal jurisdiction in Oklahoma SEAN MURPHY, The Associated Press May 10, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 3 1of3FILE - In this Sept. 17, 2019 file photo, Bill Anoatubby, Governor of the Chickasaw Nation, is pictured during an interview in his office in Ada, Okla. Two of the most powerful Native American tribes in Oklahoma said Monday, May 10, 2021 theyve reached an agreement on federal legislation that would address concerns over criminal jurisdiction in light o...