Tulsa World: 'McGirt v. Oklahoma Community Impact Forum' Set For Tuesday; Tribal Leaders Irked

The edginess of affairs between Oklahoma’s largest tribal governments and some state and local officials surfaced again Thursday after tribal leaders took exception to a “community impact forum” on the U.S. Supreme Court’s McGirt decision.

The forum, to be held at 6 p.m. Tuesday in the Cox Business Convention Center, was announced on the first anniversary eve of the landmark decision that determined that the reservation of the Muscogee Creek Nation — and by extension those of the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw and Seminole nations — was never dissolved.

The decision has broad implications for eastern Oklahoma, especially in regard to criminal law.

Read the full story at tulsaworld.com.

This story is part of the Oklahoma Media Center’s Promised Land collaborative effort, which shows how the landmark McGirt v. Oklahoma decision will affect both tribal and non-Indigenous residents in the state.

It is a project of the Local Media Foundation with support from the Inasmuch Foundation, the Walton Family Foundation and the Democracy Fund. The print, digital and broadcast media partners include: CNHI Oklahoma, Cherokee Phoenix, Curbside Chronicle, The Frontier, Gaylord News, Griffin Communications, KFOR, KGOU, KOSU, The Lawton Constitution, Moore Monthly, Mvskoke Media, the Native American Journalists Association, NonDoc, The O’Colly, Oklahoma City Free Press, The Oklahoma Eagle, Oklahoma Gazette, The Oklahoman, Oklahoma Watch, Osage News, StateImpact Oklahoma, Tulsa World, Telemundo Oklahoma, University of Oklahoma Student Media and Verified News Network.

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