Muscogee (Creek) Nation
Emory to Host Panel on McGirt
Monday, October 12 | 4 PM | ZOOM
McGirt V. Oklahoma: Understanding the Implications of the Recent Supreme Court Decision Across Native America
In celebration of Indigenous Peoples’ Day, Emory University Professor of English Craig Womack (Creek) chairs a panel discussion titled McGirt V. Oklahoma: Understanding the Implications of the Recent Supreme Court Decision Across Native America.
Sarah Deer (Creek), University of Kansas Department of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies; Barbara Creel (Jemez Pueblo), University of New Mexico School of Law; and Andrew Adams III (Creek), Muscogee Creek Nation Supreme Court; and Professor Womack will explore the implications of the decision regarding the Creek Nation for Oklahoma tribal nations and other parts of Indian Country.
ZOOM registration link for this webinar: https://emory.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_fY3DxgwFTw-SDJDB_owEbA
This lecture is made possible through the generous financial support of the Hightower Lecture Fund and is co-sponsored by the Native American and Indigenous Students Initiative, the Michael C. Carlos Museum, and the School of Law Health Law, Policy & Ethics Project.
NYTs: “Black, Native American and Fighting for Recognition in Indian Country”
Here.
Muscogee (Creek) Nation Announces Appointments to Mvskoke Reservation Protection Commission
Here.
Marshall Project Profile of Post-McGirt Criminal Jurisdiction in Oklahoma
Here.
And, yes, we know the Marshall Project headline is inaccurate, but High Country News (publishing in tandem with M.P.) did it better: “How the Supreme Court upended a century of federal Indian law.”
NYTs: “A Historic Supreme Court Ruling Upends Courts in Oklahoma”
Here.
Muscogee (Creek) Nation Executive Order Establishes “Mvskoke Reservation Protection Commission”
Split Tenth Circuit Affirms Denial of Qualified Immunity to Okfuskee County Deputy Who Shot and Killed Unarmed Man in Case of Mistaken Identity within Creek Reservation Boundaries
Here is the opinion in Reavis v. Frost.
News coverage here.
Federal Court Holds Oklahoma Gaming Compacts Automatically Extend to 2035
Here are the materials in Cherokee Nation v. Stitt (W.D. Okla.):
125-1 Tribes Motion for Summary Judgment
126 State Motion for Summary Judgment
128 Wichita Tribes Motion for Summary Judgment
142 State Response to Wichita Tribes
Case tag here.
This Land Podcast on McGirt Decision: “The Ruling”
Here.
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