tribal governments

The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a case involving Gov. Kevin Stitt's brother, Marvin Keith Stitt, who is also a Cherokee Nation citizen. The case questioned a state's criminal jurisdictional authority over tribal citizens on tribal land absent Congressional authorization.

OKLAHOMA CITY — The Cherokee Nation has signed an agreement with the federal government to take over operation of the Claremore Indian Hospital.

Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. recently called on Congress to restore a federal law requiring the Cherokee Nation’s consent before other tribes, specifically the United Keetoowah Band, can place land into trust within its reservation.

Alicia Stroble had sought a tax exemption for years 2017, 2018, and 2019, saying she was exempt because she was a Muscogee (Creek) Nation member, worked for the tribe and lived on her tribes’ land.

While many across the country recognize Juneteenth as the end to the institution of slavery in America in 1865, some tribal nations in Oklahoma continued to own slaves until the following year, 1866. Today, many of the descendants of those formerly enslaved people are still fighting for full citizenship within those tribal nations.

Five of Oklahoma’s largest tribal nations have endorsed the retention of three eligible Oklahoma Supreme Court justices in the Nov. 5 election.

The Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT) is standardizing tribal boundary signs across the state, but not all Indigenous nations welcome this one-size-fits-all approach.

Oklahoma tribal nations across the state have received a letter and model compact from Gov. Kevin Stitt.

Otoe-Missouria Tribe officials accused the Oklahoma Department of Public Safety of unexpectedly altering its position on tribal vehicle registration after one of its members received a $249 ticket.

Gov. Kevin Stitt’s vetoes of a pair of compacts with the state’s tribal nations by Oklahoma’s legislature will not stand.