'Icing on the cake': Native Americans hail ruling that east Oklahoma is tribal land

Oklahoma no longer has legal authority to prosecute cases involving Native Americans across about 3m acresThe news alert about a ruling from US supreme court took Kimberly Tiger by surprise.On Thursday, the court ruled that the federal government never formally disestablished the expansive reservation that is home to Tiger’s tribe, the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, in Oklahoma. Continue reading... https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jul/15/oklahoma-court-ruling-native-american-sovereignty #indigenous_peoples #oklahoma #us_supreme_court #law_(us) #us_news