Posted March 10th, 2021 for Chickasaw Nation
Release Date: March 11, 2021 by Chickasaw Nation Media Relations Office Chickasaw Nation Governor Bill Anoatubby issued an executive proclamation in response to the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals ruling in Bosse v. Oklahoma. This ruling formalizes Chickasaw Nation and federal jurisdiction over crimes involving American Indians within the Chickasaw Nation treaty territory. In his proclamation, Gov. Anoatubby stated the “rulings affirm what we have always known: The Chickasaw people continue, and so too does our treaty homeland.” That proclamation, one of several actions taken today by Gov. Anoatubby, directs all officials, employees, officers, departments, commissions and agencies of the Chickasaw Nation’s Executive Department to act in accordance with the ruling and “a sovereign interest in public safety throughout our treaty homeland.”
The Chickasaw Nation announced Saturday that it is now offering the coronavirus vaccine to all Oklahoma residents. “We are pleased to do our part to help put an end to this pandemic,” said.