In a 5-4 decision on Thursday, the Supreme Court ruled that much of the state of Oklahoma is Native territory.
In a 5-4 decision on Thursday, the Supreme Court ruled that much of the state of Oklahoma is Native territory. This ruling means that only federal authorities, as opposed to state prosecutors, can charge Native people who have committed serious crimes on the land. The decision upholds an 1833 treaty that promised about half of Oklahoma's land to Native tribes.
This case concerned two Native men who were charged by state prosecutors: Muscogee Nation member Jimcy McGirt, who was convicted of child rape in 1996, and Patrick Murphy, a Creek Nation member who was convicted of murder in 1999. Although the cases started out separately, they were absorbed into one case for the Supreme Court.
Because of this ruling, people who were charged by state prosecutors for crimes committed on Native land will have to be tried by federal or tribal prosecutors.I feel like the ancestors are crying.
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