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Jul 26, 2023 · The McGirt and Castro-Huerta decisions, coupled with the desire of certain Oklahoma state officials to assert state dominance over tribes, create the potential for a new round of tribal-state disputes to permeate the Oklahoma Indian relationship.
This Note analyzes for the first time how McGirt v. Oklahoma could revive aboriginal-title land claims against the United States and create an opening for Land Back litigation. It argues that McGirt directs lower courts to enforce aboriginal title’s congressional-intent requirement strictly and renews the relevance of an overlooked case from ...
Aug 18, 2020 · On July 9, 2020, the United States Supreme Court held by a 5-4 vote that the borders of the 1866 Muscogee (Creek) Nation reservation in Oklahoma remain intact. The decision landed like a bombshell.
- Robert J. Miller, Torey Dolan
- 2020
Feb 8, 2021 · The case of McGirt v Oklahoma1 concerned a citizen of the Seminole Native American Nation who was convicted by an Oklahoma State court of three serious sexual offenses and sentenced to 1000 years plus life in prison for molesting, raping and forcibly sodomising a four-year-old girl, his wife’s granddaughter.
Jul 30, 2020 · On July 9, 2020, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled in the case McGirt v. Oklahoma that much of the state of Oklahoma falls within an Indian reservation, potentially one of the most consequential legal decisions for Native Americans in decades that could have far-reaching implications.
Jul 24, 2020 · On July 9, 2020, the Supreme Court announced its decision in McGirt v. Oklahoma—hailed by some as the “most significant Indian Law case of the century.” In a 5-4 ruling, the Court held that land reserved for the Muscogee (Creek) Nation in the 19th century remained “Indian country” for criminal jurisdiction purposes.
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On July 9, 2020, the United States Supreme Court held by a five-four vote that the borders of the 1866 Muscogee (Creek) Nation Reservation in Oklahoma remain intact. The decision landed like a bombshell. Overnight, the Muscogee (Creek) Reservation was reaffirmed and recognized as covering 3.25 million acres.
