Muscogee (Creek) Nation

Muscogee (Creek) Nation Executive Order Establishes “Mvskoke Reservation Protection Commission”

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here (PDF).

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

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the opinion in Reavis v. Frost.

News coverage here.

Federal Court Holds Oklahoma Gaming Compacts Automatically Extend to 2035

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

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

140 Tribes Response

141 State Response

142 State Response to Wichita Tribes

145 Wichita Tribes Response

149 DCT Order

Case tag here.

This Land Podcast on McGirt Decision: “The Ruling”

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.

KOSU on McGirt

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is “Tribes, Oklahoma Committed To Working Together On Matters Of Jurisdiction And Public Safety.”

Additional commentaries—

Julian Brace NoiseCat in the Atlantic: “The McGirt Case Is a Historic Win for Tribes.”

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

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here.

Stacy Leeds on the Policing Impacts of McGirt

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

From Slate, here is “What the Landmark Supreme Court Decision Means for Policing Indigenous Oklahoma: For Indigenous people, cries of ‘law and order’ have always contained a loaded message.”

Also in Slate, Mark Joseph Stern’s “Why Gorsuch Keeps Joining the Liberals to Affirm Tribal Rights.“

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.

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.”