Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt has appointed a special prosecutor to go after Indigenous hunters who are cited for hunting without a state license on tribal reservations.
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Federal judge affirms Tulsa prosecutor’s right to charge non-Muscogee citizens on reservation
A federal judge ruled against the Muscogee Nation’s initial effort to limit a Tulsa County prosecutor from trying Indigenous people who aren’t citizens of the tribe on its reservation.
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‘Victory for the Nation:’ Muscogee freedmen leaders ponder next steps
Freedmen leaders say they want to show a “united front” in their conversations with MCN.
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Muscogee Nation Supreme Court rules freedmen are tribal citizens
The nation’s highest court ruled July 23 that freedmen are to be included as tribal citizens.