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I wish I could find the court case, but the gist of it was that there was an enormous amount of "public land" in Oklahoma (I think) that a court ruled was actua
by VWWHFSfQ 6y ago
I wish I could find the court case, but the gist of it was that there was an enormous amount of "public land" in Oklahoma (I think) that a court ruled was actually owned by a Native American tribe and the deed/land was given to them. Access to the public was immediately revoked and multiple casinos were built on the part of the land near a lake and closest to the highway that ran through the land.
Is this a similar case? Also if anyone has a recollection of what I'm referring to, that would be awesome. My search skills are failing me.
- dbg31415 6y agoSupreme Court Rules That About Half Of Oklahoma Is Native American Land : NPR || https://www.npr.org/2020/07/09/889562040/supreme-court-rules-that-about-half-of-oklahoma-is-indian-land https://www.npr.org/2020/07/09/889562040/supreme-court-rules... Supreme Court recognizes Native sovereignty in much of Oklahoma || https://www.pri.org/stories/2020-10-12/supreme-court-recognizes-native-sovereignty-much-oklahoma https://www.pri.org/stories/2020-10-12/supreme-court-recogni...
- VWWHFSfQ 6y agoThanks! Yeah this is it. I'm still trying to find the other details about the case
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- lozaning 6y agoMcGIRT v. OKLAHOMA maybe? https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/19pdf/18-9526_9okb.pdf https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/19pdf/18-9526_9okb.pdf Half of oklahoma was ruled to be on a reservation somewhat recently. Never heard any casino new related to this ruling though.
- beerandt 6y agoAlso, the court was pretty clear about not making any drastic interpretation of their ruling, beyond the criminal jurisdiction matter that was at hand. However, the fact that the court validated the continued legality of the treaty at all was a pretty big deal.
- teawrecks 6y agoIf you google "court declares oklahoma belongs to native americans" you'll get dozens of articles about it from 6mo ago.
- VWWHFSfQ 6y agoThanks yeah, that's definitely the case. I'm trying to find the other details regarding the issue of revoking the public access and developing areas around some public-access lake that was on the land.
- resoluteteeth 6y agoI don't think McGirt v. Oklahoma actually gave ownership of the land to Native Americans. It might seem that being on reservation land would mean that but apparently it doesn't.
- User23 6y agoI wonder if anyone has tried not paying their US jurisdiction property taxes that lives on supposedly Indian land now.
- TeaDrunk 6y agoUsually what ends up happening is that various treaties will be set up such that the Oklahoma state government and the relevant indigenous nation would collaborate on the governance of the area.
- bluGill 6y agofor the most part states and the reservations within them are on good enough terms these days for such a thing to happen. It benefits both sides to take care of these issues. Don't get me wrong, there are plenty of "misunderstandings". However it isn't like 150 years ago when states believed "the only good Indian is a dead Indian."
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- magicalist 6y ago> Access to the public was immediately revoked and multiple casinos were built on the part of the land near a lake and closest to the highway that ran through the land. Now that you've been pointed to the story and found this is not at all what happened, it would be nice if you could edit your post to say so (or at least post a follow up saying the same if it's too late to edit).
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