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Choctaw Nation Chief Gary Batton disagrees with Oklahoma’s governor saying he has authority to negotiate with the state’s tribes regarding potential McGirt impacts.

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt on Friday invited leaders of the Five Tribes of Oklahoma to begin formal negotiations related to last year’s

The Seminole Nation on Wednesday clarified its position on taxing oil and gas production on reservation land, saying that it was only seeking to tax activity on land under federal supervision. “As a sovereign nation predating the U.S. Constitution, the Seminole Nation has the inherent authority to levy severance taxes on nonmember oil and gas producers operating on the Seminole Nation’s trust and restricted lands,” Seminole Nation Chief Greg P. Chilcoat said in a statement. The Seminoles r...

U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Oklahoma OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Tribe leaders of the Cherokee and Chickasaw Nations want Congress to allow them to make agreements with the state of Oklahoma in the wake of a U.S. Supreme Court decision regarding criminal jurisdictions. Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. said the decision— which ruled that Oklahoma prosecutors lack the authority to pursue criminal cases against Native American defendants in parts of the state— affir...

The Chickasaw Nation and Cherokee Nation said Thursday the challenges presented by their expanded criminal boundaries post- McGirt v. Oklahoma are so great they are advocating for the state of Oklahoma to retain jurisdiction over some of those felony of cases. The U.S. Supreme Court’s McGirt decision substantially changed how felony crimes can be prosecuted throughout eastern Oklahoma. Now, crimes like murder, kidnapping and rape must be prosecuted by the federal government. But the United S...

Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. said his tribe has put $10 million into its criminal justice system but believes that implementing post-McGirt changes will cost about $35 million

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Tribe leaders of the Cherokee and Chickasaw Nations want Congress...

Leaders of the Cherokee and Chickasaw Nations said Thursday that Congress should allow tribes to make agreements with the state of Oklahoma about criminal jurisdiction in the wake of a U.S. Supreme Court decision that recognized their reservations still exist. The decision in what is known as the McGirt case has forced the tribes to deal with a “fractured” system for prosecuting crimes in Indian Country and has already cost millions of dollars, according to Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Ch...

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