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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 affirmed that the reservations of the Five Tribes were never disestablished. He said Congress should protect that ruling and give tribes and the state the power to enter compacts regarding criminal jurisdiction.
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 States has struggled to provide adequate law enforcement and other resources on reservations to prosecute those crimes. And, the maximum sentence tribes can give for felonies is only three years.