WASHINGTON (AP) – The Senate on March 15 confirmed New Mexico Rep. Deb Haaland as Interior secretary, making her the first Native American to lead a Cabinet department and the
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As eastern Oklahoma’s transformation to Indian reservations took a leap forward last week, some state and tribal leaders renewed their call for Congress to allow them to forge agreements for prosecuting criminal cases.
Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter said recent discussions with members of Oklahoma’s congressional delegation “give me optimism and confidence that they’re going to move as quickly as this situation requires” to introduce legislation.
“The Cherokee and Chickasaw (leaders) are asking and supporting authority from Congress to compact with the state to share criminal jurisdiction,” Hunter said in an interview. “I’m hopeful that happens in the next few months and we look forward to working with the federal government and the tribes.”
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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) An Oklahoma man’s murder convictions and death sentence have been overturned following a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that much of eastern Oklahoma remains an American Indian reservation.
The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals on Thursday reversed the decisions against Shaun Bosse, 38, because the crimes occurred on land within the Chickasaw Nation’s historic reservation and the victims were Native American.
Bosse was convicted and sentenced to death in the 2010 killings of Katrina Griffin and her two young children. The victims were found inside a burning mobile home near Dibble, about 35 miles south of Oklahoma City.