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NPR: “After Long-Sought Wins For Native Americans, What’s Next?”

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here.

WNYC The Takeaway: “Understanding the Supreme Court’s Ruling on Tribal Sovereignty in Eastern Oklahoma”

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here.

NYTs: “Redskins to Drop Name, Yielding to Pressure From Sponsors and Activists”

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here.

MPR on McGirt’s Impact on LTBB Reservation Boundaries Case

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here.

WaPo on the Blackfeet Nation’s Closure of Its Glacier National Park Border

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is “A closed border, pandemic-weary tourists and a big bottleneck at Glacier National Park.”

NYTs: “For Oklahoma Tribe, Vindication at Long Last”

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here.

Kirsten Carlson Commentary on McGirt v. Oklahoma

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is “Supreme Court upholds American Indian treaty promises, orders Oklahoma to follow federal law,” in The Conversation.

Other commentaries —

Bob Miller on VOA.

Ronald Mann on SCOTUSblog.

Ian Millhiser on VOX.

Bloomberg: “Supreme Court Tribal Treaty Decision Praised as Game Changer”

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here.

NYTs: “Supreme Court Rules Nearly Half of Oklahoma Is Indian Reservation”

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

A wildly overblown headline, but here you go anyway.

Here’s another one, from CNBC: “Supreme Court says eastern half of Oklahoma is Native American land.”

And WSJ: “American Indian Lands Include Eastern Oklahoma, Supreme Court Rules.”

And NPR gets in on the action: “Supreme Court Rules That About Half Of Oklahoma Is Native American Land.”

Politico: “Trump’s Mount Rushmore fireworks shed light on his history with Native Americans: The president had a poor track record with Native Americans even before he decided to celebrate July Fourth at a landmark built on land stolen from an Indigenous tribe.”

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here.