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Tribal leaders in Oklahoma were encouraged Wednesday after hearing arguments in a Supreme Court case tied to McGirt v. Oklahoma that justices would land once again on the side of tribal sovereignty. After listening to the state’s arguments, Cherokee Principal Chief...

To prove that McGirt wreaked havoc in Oklahoma, the state is claiming that it has lost jurisdiction over 18,000 prosecutions a year, many of which are now “going un-investigated and unprosecuted, endangering public safety.” The problem is that this number seems to...

Restoring tribal control of historical Native American lands has a minimal effect on commercial activity in those places, according to a new study, whose authors say its conclusion undermines the doomsday economic warnings spurred by the U.S. Supreme Court's McGirt...