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KFOR: Cherokee Nation forms new sovereignty commission to prepare for fallout from the McGirt Supreme Court decision
by Chase Horn
OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – The Cherokee Nation is preparing for the fallout from the Unites States Supreme Court ruling in McGirt vs. Oklahoma by announcing a brand new sovereignty commission.
The Oklahoman: Point of View: McGirt is a chance for greater tribal-state cooperation
by Keith Harper
On July 9, the U.S. Supreme Court decided in McGirt v. Oklahoma that the reservation established for the Muscogee Creek Nation by treaty was never “disestablished.” The legal presumption stemming from this historic decision is that it also applies to the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw and Seminole nations due to their shared legal histories.
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