Supreme Court hands defeat to Native American Tribes in Oklahoma
Only recently did the court rule that the eastern half of Oklahoma is on tribal land, and that the state could not bring criminal prosecutions there without the consent of the Indian tribes there.
by Nina Totenberg
Jun 29, 2022
2 minutes
Three years ago, Native Americans in Oklahoma rejoiced that the eastern half of Oklahoma is on tribal land, and that the state could not bring criminal prosecutions for crimes on Indian land without the consent of the Indian tribes. But on Wednesday, the court narrowed that decision, prompting an angry dissent from Justice Neil Gorsuch, the author of the 2019 decision, and an ardent
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