Kolby KickingWoman, of Indian Country Today, has reviewed an exciting article about the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling that the Muscokgee (Creek) Nation's reservation boundaries stand.
"In the 5-4 decision, the nation’s highest court said Congress never explicitly “disestablished” the 1866 boundaries of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation.
“Today we are asked whether the land these treaties promised remains an Indian reservation for purposes of federal criminal law. Because Congress has not said otherwise, we hold the government to its word," according to the majority opinion written by Justice Neil Gorsuch.
Gorsuch was joined in the majority by Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan."
To read the full article, click here.
"Tribal sovereignty refers to the right of American Indians and Alaska Natives to govern themselves. The U.S. Constitution recognizes Indian tribes as distinct governments and they have, with a few exceptions, the same powers as federal and state governments to regulate their internal affairs. Sovereignty for tribes includes the right to establish their own form of government, determine membership requirements, enact legislation and establish law enforcement and court systems."
For more information,
Visit:
- Muscogee (Creek) Nation
- Muscogee (Creek) Nation statement regarding U.S. Supreme Court decision Press Release. July 9, 2020.
- Muscogee (Creek) Nation History
- Choctaw Nation
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- July 9, 2020.
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- "Prepared from the Map of Danl. C. Major, U.S. Astt. showing the boundaries of the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations, the Creek, Seminole, and Leased Indian Country established by authority of the Commissioners of Indian Affairs in 1858-59. and from Lieut. Col. J.E. Johnston's Map of the Southern Boundary of Kansas in 1857. The Map of the Creek Country by Lieut. L. C. Woodruff, Topographical Engineers, in 1850-51."
- 1889 Map "Map of the Indian Territory showing Oklahoma country:, Rand McNally and Company, General Land Office.
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- "designed to illustrate the relationship between lands administered by the Forest Service, Indian lands, and lands ceded to the United States as documented in the 67 maps from "Indian Land Cessions in the United States", compiled by Charles C. Royce and published as the second part of the two-part Eighteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1896-1897."
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- "Oklahoma is- and always has been- Native land"
- Dwanna L. McKay, The Conversation, July 16, 2020.
- NPR
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- "Landmark Supreme Court Ruling Affirms Native American Rights in Oklahoma"
- Jack Healy and Adam Liptak, The New York Times, Updated July 11, 2020.
- "Supreme Court takes up sovereignty case amid coronavirus crisis in Indian Country"
- Acee Agoyo, Indianz.com, May 11, 2020.
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