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When Alaina E. Roberts started piecing her family's history together she made a surprising discovery that changed what it meant to be a Black American.

Black Freedmen struggle for recognition as tribal citizens 200 years later, many of the descendants of Black slaves, known as Freedmen, are still fighting to be recognized by tribes that once owned their ancestors. Author: Associated Press Updated: 6:35 AM PDT 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 A...

Black Freedmen struggle for recognition as tribal citizens LeEtta Osborne-Sampson is pictured outside her home Monday, April 26, 2021, in Oklahoma City. Sampson-Osborn, a Seminole Freedman who has a tribal identification card and serves on the tribes governing council, said when she went to the Indian Health Services clinic to get a vaccination in February, a worker at the clinic told her the Seminole Nation doesnt recognize Freedmen for health services. ...

Black Freedmen struggle for recognition as tribal citizens 200 years later, many of the descendants of Black slaves, known as Freedmen, are still fighting to be recognized by tribes that once owned their ancestors. Author: Associated Press Updated: 9:35 AM EDT 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 A...

The fight over the U.S. Supreme Court’s McGirt ruling may not be over, with Gov. Kevin Stitt saying this week that he thinks it could be overturned.Meanwhile, Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter is fighting to limit it, and leaders of tribal nations are speaking out in support of the Supreme Court’s decision.The McGirt case was a landmark decision that effectively means the Five Tribes of Oklahoma have reservations that are still in place today, and the state can’t prosecute many c...

1 of 5 DERRICK JAMES | Staff photoChoctaw Nation Executive Director of Public Safety John Hobbs shows off a training room inside the tribes public safety office in Durant. The room features a projector that incorporates a program that allows officers to train in use-of-force scenarios.  DERRICK JAMES | Staff photoChoctaw Nation Executive Director of Public Safety John Hobbs DERRICK JAMES | Staff photoMore than 50 Choctaw Nation Tribal Officers are currently "on the st...

Stitt believes historic McGirt ruling could be overturned © KOCO 5 File Photo The fight over the U.S. Supreme Court’s McGirt ruling may not be over, with Gov. Kevin Stitt saying this week that he thinks it could be overturned. Meanwhile, Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter is fighting to limit it, and leaders of tribal nations are speaking out in support of the Supreme Court’s decision.Sign up for our Newsletters The McGirt case was a landmark decision that effectively means the Five T...

Chickasaw Nation says Gov. Kevin Stitt exaggerating impacts of McGirt v Oklahoma Chris Casteel, Oklahoman © Todd Pendleton A map of Indian reservations in Oklahoma shows the jurisdiction of the Five Tribes, the Cherokees, Chickasaws, Choctaws, Creeks and Seminoles. Gov. Kevin Stitt is using “overtly political rhetoric” to exaggerate some of the problems encountered as criminal jurisdiction is reshaped in eastern Oklahoma in the wake of last year’s momentous U.S. Supreme...

Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter wants time to ask U.S. Supreme Court to review McGirt-related case.

Oklahoman The Cherokee Nation has filed more than 400 criminal cases since its eastern Oklahoma reservation was formally recognized last month and needs help from Congress to meet jurisdictional obligations that reach into 14 counties, Cherokee Nation Attorney General Sara Hill said Tuesday. Speaking to reporters, Hill said the tribe will need financial aid to expand its criminal justice system, but also needs federal legislation allowing more flexibility in how cases are prosecuted. She renewe...