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Leaders from the Five Tribes testified July 27 before Congress on how they treat descendants of former slaves, known as Freedmen, who were once owned by tribal citizens.

Leaders and representatives of five Oklahoma-based tribes on Wednesday told a U.S. Senate committee that they have followed treaties and court rulings

Leaders and representatives of five Oklahoma-based tribes on Wednesday told a U.S. Senate committee that they have followed treaties and court rulings

Sunshine Suzanne Sykes of the Navajo Nation is also just the fifth Indigenous woman in U.S. history to serve on a federal court.

Lauren King, 39, now holds a lifetime seat on a U.S. district court in Washington state.

Okla. Judges Side With Insurers In COVID Coverage Suits By By Daphne Zhang Law360 (June 29, 2021, 7:04 PM EDT) -- Two Oklahoma federal judges have issued insurer-friendly rulings in unrelated suits seeking coverage for COVID-19-related losses, saying in their dismissals that the policies virus and "pathogenic materials" exclusions bar coverage for a Hampton Inn owner and music venue operator. The judges tossed the suits Monday, saying that Hampton Inn Midwest...

The president tapped Lauren J. King for a U.S. district court seat. If confirmed, she'd be one of just a handful of Indigenous judges in U.S. history.

A 44-year-old man died and two people were injured after a fire broke out in a home Wednesday in south suburban Hazel Crest.