“Most Important Indian Law Case in Half a Century”: Supreme Court Upholds Tribal Sovereignty in OK

In a landmark decision, the Supreme Court has ruled that much of eastern Oklahoma, constituting nearly half the state, is Native American land, recognizing a 19th century U.S. treaty with the Muscogee (Creek) Nation. Justice Neil Gorsuch, a Trump nominee, joined the court’s liberal wing in a narrow 5-4 ruling that found state authorities cannot criminally prosecute Indigenous peoples under state or local laws. The court’s bombshell decision - which also impacts the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw and Seminole Nations - is a major victory for Indigenous sovereignty and treaty rights. “It’s a landmark case, and probably the most important Indian law case in the last half a century to come down from the court,” says lawyer Sarah Deer, a citizen of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation of Oklahoma and a professor at the University of Kansas. “The language of the decision itself goes far beyond Oklahoma.”
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[@lovely-mk4rt]

I’m so happy that the Native Tribes finally got a positive outcome 🌺

[@ZXD7250]

@ohsevenone He still went to jail.

[@thomasnaess742]

@ohsevenone did you watch the video? he's still going to prison, just under federal rather than state authority.

[@lastrationalist7890]

@HORSE - D Found the racist in the room.

[@starcrib]

Sarah Deer is exceptionally well informed- what a Terrific segment...!! this feels exceedingly right. 👁

[@philipganchev2306]

@HORSE - D senseless dribble

[@starcrib]

@Annabelle B ...rude bitch...how dare you besmirch my compliment . what ? triggered much. ? wacko.⌛💩

[@bennoah1673]

Well evidently not, because the chickasaws were not marched at the point of a bayonet, I don’t care how “right it feels to you”. Why don’t you take the time to read the history. There is a reason they were called the five civilized tribes, by the time they came to Oklahoma they had Christian names, many were educated and ran businesses, the Chickasaw nation relocated with most of their household goods and stock which an enormous amount of material. They choose their on course and came straight across rather than going up through Ohio and then south west to the new home. They purchased the Chickasaw nation with part of the trust fund proceeds from the sale to the federal government for their portion of south eastern United States. That portion was transferred to the Choctaw nation, because the chickasaws negotiated with the Choctaw nation for the western portion of their land. The chickasaws and Choctaw have a very long relationship back to a time before they migrated to what became the southeastern United States. My great great grandfather made the trip to Oklahoma, his name was Solomon Goforth, buried in the maytubby cemetery, along with my great grandfather, and my great uncles

[@helenpruzan6970]

She was very good!Until I realized her last name was deer, I thought she was calling her dear!😄

[@DjWellDressedMan]

Fighting Racism since 1492

[@lawrencea274]

It goes back before 1492. Basque fishermen were here in 1425 of the coast of what is now Newfoundland. As the history shows, the brought indingiious peoples back. But that doesn't say" AMERICA" so you don't have it in your history. If it doesn't say USA it didn't happen. But your point well taken. To well dressed man.

[@toddmaek5436]

@@lawrencea274 newfoundland isnt here, its there

[@nickfifteen]

@@toddmaek5436 If you wanna get pedantic then, Columbus didn't reach America proper in 1492, but the "West Indies". So that's as much "over there" as Newfoundland is. Europeans didn't touch North America proper until, what, 1499? When João Fernandes Lavrador explored Eastern Canada (Labrador)? Or perhaps 1521 when Ponce de Leon visited Florida (and thus the United States proper)? So it really should be "Homeland Security since 1521"... Or maybe we should just go back to Lief Erickson and say "Homeland Security since 986"?

[@TheTwick]

“...as long as the grass grows and the river flows.”

[@GrandmaCathy]

Do they have grass there? Kind of 🏜 isn't it?

[@TheNoblot]

it all depends on covid 20 you got 19 for now 👽 therefore 1492 repairs become unavoidable 😥

[@shaughtup7554]

We whites have had dams and Roundup for that treaty - no more!!

[@StevenOsburnHollywood]

...you and your descendants...

[@StevenOsburnHollywood]

HORSE - D $5 Indian is a myth. There were rolls before allotment and you had to live on the reservation. White people would’ve been noticed. Also, Elizabeth Warren is not a $5 Indian. She has no CDIB or tribal card. Her mom was born in Indian Country and is buried on the Creek Reservation in Muskogee. Blood degree has nothing to do with it. At 1% she could still be a Cherokee or Creek Citizen. They have no minimum blood quantum requirements. Now bye bye!

[@bookaholicblue2169]

So can the tribes seek restitution since half of Oklahoma sits on treaty approved tribal lands?

[@njosborne6152]

bookaholic blue Hell Yeah‼️ That INCLUDES The STOLEN Profits from Oil and other resources. AND let the land heal! ‼️ NODAPL ‼️

[@originalandrewmark]

@ohsevenone This is DIVINE providence and most fail to even be aware. From the Macro-view, highly appropriate to the original usurpers. Your conclusion is preposterous as the mind that created it! "Loopholes are just assholes stretched beyond its limit"

[@fordhouse8b]

@ohsevenone No, it is because our Government is not entitled to half a state that a child molester is also not entitled to prosecute him. You are flipping the cause and effect around. Ans as you may have heard in this very video, this decision does not mean he gets out of jail, it means a different jurisdiction has the right and the obligation to prosecute him.

[@StevenOsburnHollywood]

ohsevenone he’s not going free. He’ll be tried by the feds or tribal court. It’s about jurisdiction, not acquittal.

[@NotAPacifist825]

@ohsevenone not because. that is just the way the question came before the court.

[@luzmartinez6889]

Thank you. There appears a faint light amidst these goings on.

[@ravennelson827]

In this we aboriginals are coming out of the gray area or shadows as truth is being shown in the light...

[@rebeccagrotta510]

Right on! Gov Stitt thot he could 'own' indian casinos. Sovereign nations, dude. Proved. Rightonrighton

[@billfoster5257]

The tribal council loves to claim federal land when it suits them. State law legalized marijuana cultivation and the tribes still wont grow until their federal Wardens specifically say they can.

[@ebear6555]

@@billfoster5257 Federal land was never federal land. who decided, what person in government decided they owned all the land. Our declaration we the people and constitution is flawed. we need to start again. make we the people for All our people. Americans.

[@johnk4437]

It's a good decision for the Muscogee Nation! It is a surprise that Neil Gorsuch wrote the majority opinion re-establishing Native American sovereignty in this particular case. However I must say that I do hold Supreme Court Justices to a high moral standard, and frankly appreciate the fact that Neil Gorsuch saw to it that he would uphold Muscogee sovereignty in this instance is a reflection of that higher moral standard then I think we expected to see possibly another decision all together given the makeup of the Supreme Court. The history of the federal government in relation to Native American First Nations early in the history of the United States, and specifically the Trail of Tears is extremely dark tap chapter revealing the imperialist in colonial mentality of the United States government throughout much of the 18th and 19th century. U.S. government policies amounted to genocide generally and little more!

[@njosborne6152]

Not just Genocide But also, it’s a legal form of Forfeiture by Eugenics. Instead of the land going back to the Last Aboriginal Inhabitant, It is sent up for sale on the open market. And the Theft continues and Upheld by the Courts, I might add! The Court is, not without blemish.

[@toddmaek5436]

They arent that highly moral because they ruled against byron allen in the civil rights act of 1866 case.

[@njosborne6152]

HORSE - D Your anger is well noted,Brother. Hands up, wiki wiki 🤟🏽😎🤚🏼

[@TheBossMan1453]

Guess we just have traitors in the garden

[@dreamingrightnow1174]

This is fascinating.. What about The First Treaty of Prairie du Chien 1825 which "gave" all of North and South Dakota and part of western Minnesota to the displaced tribes of the Great Lakes region? The US government broke that and subsequent treaties once gold was discovered in The Black Hills. How could that effect the status of DAPL and what about Mt. Rushmore? What about the 38 Dokota prisoners Lincoln had executed as punishment for U.S.-Dakota War of 1862, which was brought on by US' continued infringement of native sovereignty? When are we going to recognize that as a war crime? The time has come, the chickens are coming home to roost.

[@jossdionne9810]

and look at them US crying for Thibet!

[@dreamingrightnow1174]

@ohsevenone You understand the "our" government already gave these lands to the tribes after chasing them of the lands that some of them had lived on for centuries to the east of OK? You really should brush up on the historical progression of our double dealing and re-nigging on many agreements in the past. Btw, who is the "our" in your statement? Which citizens do you think the government belongs to, 'cause I thought it was every US citizen..

[@thedog4499]

@@dreamingrightnow1174 chases off the lands. sounds like you should be happy those boys did not make your tribe disappear. no we had a war for 100years and we won sorry not sorry.

[@dreamingrightnow1174]

@@thedog4499 I guess "we" means the government... what happened to the 2nd Amendment, hypocrite? Ask the Bundy's who "we" is. You can't love the government storm troopers when it's convenient, and then scream about a communist state taking over individual rights the next. You can't cherry pick the Constitution, or spout off about stuff the "founders" wrote and then say the treaties are old and we need to move on.

[@dreamingrightnow1174]

@@thedog4499 And, btw, since you seem to think of yourself as a historian, what was this war we supposedly had for "a hundred years"? I'm curious what you're going to pull outta your ass next.

[@kwennemar]

Non-native americans should have to pay special property taxes to the reservation.

[@1985toyotacamry]

They really should

[@whitehawk3776]

Ken Wennemar don’t be a greedy asshole.

[@rhorizon]

All of the Americas should be placed under native leadership. Our only chance at survival as a species.

[@toddmaek5436]

Native Black Americans should be exempt

[@wallaceahtone6149]

Personaly, I believe property taxes of any sort is unjust and is a major way greedy racists use to gentrify other people's communities.

[@dickjdicks]

This is freaking AWESOME!!! It will take many more years for the established tribal laws to take root over all of the land but this is ONE HELL OF A GOOD START!!

[@user-rm8gk8gr3g]

@ohsevenone yes. Justice apparently

[@thedog4499]

you clearly live somewhere else. you are just trash

[@GenshinLover283]

The other Conservative Justices just overturned the decision. Gorsuch joined the liberal justices in dissent. Shit.

[@jossdionne9810]

The whole of the AMERICAS shall be Reclaimed, sooner the better! "Trail of Joy, now..." "Native Lives Matter"!

[@njosborne6152]

How can we forget? One of the very first stories We are told as children in school Is about a juvenile Aboriginal girl. Who is viciously raped by Captain, John Smith! Her father, the chief of the tribe, wants to kill the son of a bitch. She pleads for his life and her father cannot stand the pain. His daughter, now dead to him as she, Leaves then. For he knows she, will never be seen by him again! Today, Her bones are on display, Another skull of humanity, stuck on their bloody wall. Like, What? Some kind of Great Trophy over Aboriginals, everywhere! They don’t get to. The people want Her back‼️ Nothing can be healed until The bones of “Pocahontas” Are RETURNED to her People.

[@Soularddave]

wish these dialogues were longer. I learned so much.

[@n8thal718]

Excellent source of information and presenting the perspective from this side of the fence.

[@marienadinepierre6111]

Jah and Jahnes love. This was a great segment. Great questions from Amy Goodman, and Professor Deer spoke solo eloquently. I learned a lot. Blessed love.

[@dreamingrightnow1174]

Yeah, Amy is doing her best to fill in the huge gaps we have in our education.

[@ladybirdstarshine4692]

It's amazing how such a horrific crime has such a bitter sweet result. Many, many, INFINITE blessings to the female that was part of this story..😥🙏

[@j.m.3248]

My big brother had a document entitling him to 165 acres of land from the government treaty. He never collected on that can you imagine ! It is a sore spot between governments, Sooners, & the five Civilized tribes.... Love is the greatest force on Earth love is the only Force, that can turn an enemy into a friend, love one another .

[@JayJay77]

165 acres Was that a Presidential Land Paten given to him by a US President ?

[@vthilton]

Sharing, Justice and Peace for All.

[@ebear6555]

and that is just sad. "private owned land should be vacated. government should relocate them

[@ebear6555]

Govt should honor treaties. Give lands back

[@wallaceahtone6149]

The court ruling does not necessarily mean that state and county authority is nullified. It means that legal jurisdiction will switch from state to federal in cases involving indigenous folk either as victims or perps. The state and county services will still be operational. I'm personally hoping to be exempt from state property taxes , because of the ruling. There is also an effort to take down the oklahoma land run monument, I hope that succeeds as well. It will be a real can of woop *as for the racists in this state!

[@toddnesbitt3113]

Outstanding interview. Looked around for more info on the subject. Intellect at its best.

[@lillieholmes4521]

Wow very good Supreme Court upheld the tribal land in Oklahoma, that is the beginning of getting to the TRUTH of trail of tears INDIANS,,

[@danmarty6765]

McGurt thought he would get a lighter sentence .. he did not. He got a harsher one.

[@ericlawrence9060]

Put Sarah in charge. She's got her act together obviously.

[@armorcombatsystems6935]

This story went down the memory hole. Any updates?

[@helenpruzan6970]

Wow!I didnt hear about this!So glad I stumbled upon it!

[@Mark-fy9iu]

Call it a loose end, or a lead, but it is both Daniel Immerwahr's "How to Hide An Empire: A History of the Greater United States" and the NBC's Sander Vanocur's 1967 interview with Martin Luther King Jr. at Ebenezer Baptist Church that has me here folding a dog-ear. As The Revolutionary War completed the transition of the self-identifying term 'Colonialist' to 'American', the steady stream of European settlers arriving in 'the new world' still continued. Plantations of slavery were still an thriving industry in this era and the westward 'land grab' expansionism took place under the United States federal government policy of assimilation towards the First Nations; and as result, the Choctaw, Creek, Seminole, Cherokee, and Chickasaw tribes were forcibly moved to this area between 1830 and 1843, which was officially named the Indian Territory at that time. After the American Civil War (1861-65), many other tribes FROM THROUGHOUT the United States were forcefully or by treaty moved off their lands and settled in the adjoining lands of The Indian Territory called Oklahoma; and this transfer of people was referred to as the "Trail of Tears". There were about 80,000 Indigenous peoples in Oklahoma when the entire area would become known as The Indian Territory. In essence, this land would be a reservation of 181,037 kilometres squared. It is here that I start to look upon Oklahoma equally to that of Guam, Costa Rica, Hawaii and The Philippines despite it being a 'territory' within the continental borders of The United States. I never could 'fact check' Mr. Immerwahr's comments of 'white population percentage' within territories to gain statehood as he cited the Northwest Ordinance; wish that I did, maybe my literacy skills at reading between the lines needs an upgrade. Then, it was comments by Dr. Martin Luther Jr. that indirectly suggested that though Juneteenth Independence had made the slave a 'free man', they were" left to use the rivers and trees for their shelter", that no 'land grab' was offered to the ex-slave, and they were left with no where to go. The simultaneous plight of the Indigenous and of the ex-slave is somewhat a corruption of the term, "never allow the left hand know what the right hand is doing"; racism has deep systematic and culturally inherent roots. In the United States, you have "Wounded Knee", while here in Canada we have the "residential schools". We have immeasurable historical shame in regards to Indigenous Rights and Treaties. One contemporary issue in particular is called the "Highway of Tears". Since the early 1970's many Indigenous women have been reported missing and murdered along a British Columbia highway corridor and have remained unsolved to this very day. It is a disgrace how many. Meanwhile, during a 1983 Canadian Constitutional debate, then British Columbia Chief Bill Wilson tells then Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau than his young daughter at home would like someday to become Prime Minister, to which Trudeau suggests that she should "stick around". In 2015, Pierre Trudeau's son Justin, appoints Chief Bill Wilson's daughter, Jody Raybould-Wilson as Federal Minister of Justice......and quite frankly, I really thought that honest investigation and justice into the "Highway of Tears", as well as many other Indigenous Rights and Treaties, would actually see the light of day. Anyway, the status quo in the States and in Canada with regards to racism I keep hearing Martin Luther King Jr.'s echo, "If not now, when?".

[@dreamingrightnow1174]

Thanks for the comment. I'll have to give it a closer look because it's packed with lots of info. More and more people are seeing how the history of all BIPOC interweave with regard to the systemic subjugation by the white European US and Canadian governments. Lincoln was a big part of this too, despite the common belief that he was a champion of black and indigenous people. Btw, we had the same "boarding schools' in which Native children were kidnapped from their families and constantly bombarded with propaganda from a murderous white supremacist US State. Also, as a side note, there's a good YT channel (Canadian) who does a lot of excellent US political commentary. It's called The Rational National, and I'm always impressed by how well he understands and is able to dig down into current political issues here in the US.

[@Mark-fy9iu]

@@dreamingrightnow1174 I really can't say that I was expecting any response, just my way of sorting out all the information to help appease the frustrations. I must admit that I was unaware that the 'boarding schools' were also south of the 49th. I remember the "apology" that Canadian First Nations National Chief accepted while standing in Parliament in Ottawa, then his audience with the Pope. I am not a television watcher, haven't been for 20 years, but I will seek out The Rational National online. My father was in the Federal Department of Northern and Indian Affairs when I was a child in Winnipeg, Manitoba and he always brought home moccasins and soapstone from his road trips.. I lived for a brief time in the Northwest Territories with the Dog Rib and Slavey in the Dehendeh and I learned what it was to be a visible minority as I enjoyed first hand genuine kindness they offered me during my stay. The subject has always been a 'thorn in my flesh' so to speak. I presently live in a ethnically and religiously diverse neighborhood and we respect the boundaries and religion, language and color. I just cannot seem to fathom that after 500 years society can't seem to see to understand what was done. It triggers a need to vent with a keyboard...and I didn't mean to offend you if I had...just wish more people were blind. Sorry to trouble you for your time.

[@dreamingrightnow1174]

@@Mark-fy9iu You didn't offend me at all. I enjoyed your comments. Take care.

[@q.t.gamingfamily]

That's what we need too: sovereignty

[@ralral3545]

👍It's About Time!👍✌

[@johnwattdotca]

Ral Ral: It's about time, it's about space, it's all about the whole human race!

[@roberthodge7802]

Good job Neal, better late than never. How about those freaky leaky pipelines? We all know they are soooo wrong for soooo many reasons. I see you may be a fair person after all. That is very promising. Thank you.

[@tylerhackner9731]

Good ✊🏼✊🏼

[@MegaAshabasha]

Please don't just focus on crime, which is usually symptomatic of a systemic lack of economic opportunity.

[@stevenhollis4386]

What happened to the "Black Indians" !!

[@Chris-dg6km]

@larry baily Actually you're wrong technically, research this 1866 treaties required the 5 civilized tribes to enroll the African Americans as members of their tribes and was backed by SCOTUS ruling.

[@Nativejoyy]

No such thing as blk Indians but if u mean afro Indigenous as in mixed blood they are around

[@lenapettay3291]

She said... tribal government... So their is nothing to stop them from eminent domain and take your house.

[@bennoah1673]

lena pettay don’t be silly, you act as if the Indian nations are governed by savages. That are referred to as civilized tribes for a reason. We went to white mans schools and got book learning. You don’t bite the hand that feeds you.

[@GardenHomie]

I wouldn't say that. If people are greedy and petty maybe they would.

[@gracematter]

That's just fantastic!

[@mcaptain97301]

My cousin, Robert Miller is an attorney and expert on this case. He has several videos on KZbin.

[@karensinclair1256]

gov. give u tax money on the land from then to now

[@dreamingrightnow1174]

If they added up the annuities they promised you and then didn't pay + interest and in today's dollars that would be a good start. They'll say they can't afford it, but somehow they keep affording the billions to militarize the police and build more weapons of mass destruction, and STILL not take a cent from the 1%.

[@uzemaza]

What is the status as of 8/14/2022 ?

[@user-rn6hr1qw3l]

Like all great men Great Nations keep thier word!!!!!! States think that they own everything even the children of native Americans and they don't !!!! God Bless these Great People!!!

[@seamuswarren]

Why are these important Supreme Court decisions often so close?

[@heavymetalhomesteading]

That's not India...you'd think Europeans would know where they are after all this time...

[@WilliamHenryRoll]

The title: they're not Indans.

[@leviherne6813]

Do Cherokee Choctaw Chickasaw seminole and Creek people have to pay land taxes on their land if they live within the new reservation boundaries ?

[@leviherne6813]

@Freedom Of the press I felt like that too at onetime but their here to stay and there are a lot of good and bad people who are white and of all races so we should try to make peace with each other. On my reservation there are some whites living there.

[@philipganchev2306]

@Freedom Of the press Israel?

[@BenHuttash]

What about city, county, state and federal land in the boundaries, is that returned? She only said private land won't be effected.

[@noahinson]

@Freedom Of the press That's not true. Non-natives can and do live on reservations. As for you, @Levi Herne , that is to be determined. There will be many changes in the future.

[@noahinson]

@Freedom Of the press Of course reservations were made for tribes, but plenty of non-native people live in them. It is completely legal and completely okay. Calm down.

[@orlandovelastegui1391]

I think one thing going to happen is all New construction on the north part of Oklahoma with the reservations.

[@sheilafort2193]

Aboriginal/Indigenous-America. Brown-Black-Bronze- Deep Coloured Skinned people.

[@priceandpride]

Why does the quote say "Indian"?

[@Nativejoyy]

Because that's what all our treaties are under is American Indian. Federally that's how we are recognized and in the legal system also

[@joannchamness3194]

Amazing 😍👌

[@potato2941]

I don't know how Indian tribe/justice courts work, but it would be funny and ironic if the tribe gave him the rapist death penalty on elder tribal vote.

[@patricklynch9574]

I like to refer to Oklahoma as Texas's hat.🤣

[@coppercolors2463]

The most high will give it back no body can stop Hawah will it be done

[@teymurasgarli9506]

So, essentially nothing changed

[@darkhorse21xx]

Does this decision change who will now issue the property tax?

[@noconaroubideaux9423]

Depends on you provides services to claim a tax.

[@patricklynch9574]

Now they just have to Annex the land.

[@hughparker3971]

Perhaps using casino profits to purchase the privately held properties on the reserved land, as they come available, would support sovereignty.

[@hughparker3971]

@Jeanne Dillon the thought was that reclaiming the land might happen through the US government, but it could work through the casino too. It seemed the casino approach might bring the change sooner, maybe much sooner. I'd like to see the government operate with integrity, but I'm not holding my breath for that...

[@publicdomain1103]

I gladly would and will deal with my homestead as an indigenous, rightful heritage of the Swinomish (or) Samish. lets talk? Gorsuch may have a conscience, thank gawd.

[@nickfifteen]

It's almost as if the Justices that are nominated by a particular President are their own person with their own thoughts and agency or something...

[@ahopefiend1867]

What about taxes?

[@georgfriedrichhandel4390]

So if very little changes on the ground, this is largely a symbolic victory then.

[@stevena.7022]

@Deen Bloger their land was wrongfully occupied back in Alabama. this would have been Comanche territory. But we killed them off in this case in order to make way for reservations for less resistant natives back east.

[@matthewraven8859]

Davy Crockett voted against the Trail of Tears. I think that is cool.

[@blirdy1365]

Rosewood. Tulsa. Native Americans are not the only citizens entitled to land reparations. After seeing too many videos of police brutality and Karen harassment, we are owed. The Supreme Court can keep that same energy with FBA.

[@user-yk7vp2qw4h]

Severity means severity!;

[@georgetate2320]

I'm glad for the ruling

[@lachbullen8014]

Can I point out the back to the term American Indian historically wrong the official term should be Native Americans or first Nations people

[@jossdionne9810]

India for "In the End".

[@allgodsnomasters2822]

@ohsevenone Should the US govt be trying child molestors in France?

[@philipganchev2306]

Do we know which group of people was the first on this continent? And would it be right to call any of today's groups "first"? "Native people" is problematic because everyone born on the land is native to it. "Indigenous" might be most correct, though every group migrated to the land at a different time. Maybe"pre-European"?

[@Nativejoyy]

Wrong all our treaties are under the name American Indians and that's the name the Wabos and pretendians are trying to steal from us.

[@landragoodrich5151]

If all treaties were honored ....all natives would be better off ...as in we would do what were we doing then, and mind our own and live and love our own. We had no dieses no illnesses we had a land that provided abundantly. Now look...smh

[@millicentpepion]

Weechaw!!

[@narayanm765]

Sooo happy!

[@bearlytraincot4131]

What about the mineral rights?

[@jame2182]

Finally a legitimate united states of america supreme court justice ruling for the truth honestly.

[@wyattwilkinson2187]

What about the indians that were there before the trail of tears

[@faithinverity8523]

Justice. Is America on the mend? Will haters wither and fall away?

[@TvshkaProductions]

Thank for you clarifying the land ownership misconception but could we stop using the term RESERVATION. It is misleading and not accurate. I am Choctaw, work for the Tribe, and live in on Tribal land. The the correct term is TERRITORY. We are great mix of races, culture, and private land owners and are not FEDERAL lands as RESERVATIONS are.

[@leviherne6813]

So does the land become reservation land now ?

[@leeporwoll2380]

No. It just reinforces the boundaries. Gives jurisdiction back to the Muskogee/Creek People

[@leviherne6813]

@@leeporwoll2380 Oh that's too bad I thought it was more like a land claim decision

[@alonso7124]

Indian this indian that. Its NATIVE

[@ALYoungFuture13]

Rather Indigenous & Aboriginal es even more better...

[@williamwright82164]

What about the 2nd Ammendment, alchohol, etcetera as they are on the Creek Nation Reservation?

[@thedog4499]

the tribal police will be gun downed

[@benrtinez36]

In a real government cases and penalty against natives on tribal land had to be served by the federal court not the state. The little field judge has no rule there anymore and never did.

[@benrtinez36]

for several years there has been judges that are about nothing but for profit and control of poor people like the natives there.

[@headdragondavidaustinsimmo4025]

George foreman Pawnee King mole below knee heavy weight champion

[@vernonel1769]

How does the tribe go from black to white? The real chataw ( Shataw tribes are still in the south and was given in land return to them 74 -78 thousand acres how is that possible?

[@bvegannow1936]

Convince gov to let everyone have an acre of free tax free land to live on and grow food on. End farm subsidies Everyone has the right to grow all their own food.

[@headdragondavidaustinsimmo4025]

Im in paradise adam feel holy if i belong here paradise neska Oregon

[@timothyhudsonsr7140]

i also creek nation. love sis

[@johnhawk9321]

Natives has clear cut borders now

[@stevebutler812]

Can we just acknowledge that a Native American, attorney, member of a tribe, referred to Native Americans as Indians, repeatedly, throughout the broadcast? “Indians”? As in from India? Cleveland?

[@SuperAlanfree]

Can they appeal? I hope not!

[@deanjones2525]

Appeal to who? The Supreme Court is the final court of arbitration.

[@asabovesobelow7200]

Alan Mason you idiot they did appeal, that’s why it went to the highest court in the land USSC. 😂

[@landragoodrich5151]

You DNT see a flood of natives not trying to take advantage of this to come home??? Your not looking hard enough there are plenty who want a chance to get out!!!

[@bennoah1673]

We were not marched at bayonet point! That is is not true, read our history woman.

[@dr_prc]

They're not Indians, they're and this is true, Americans.

[@jasoncorbett4589]

March 18 1818...there family's were to be taking care of ....forever....and land.....descendents.....heirs

[@lawrencea274]

Another great show Amy/democracy now. I would first like to say, referring to First Nations People/"natives", as Indians this day and age is repugnant to say the least. As I read the headlines I assumed it was about "India" the Indian people. I would also think you would not call the Indian (from the country) people tribal any longer. Most what I find in discomfort is that Sarah Deer refers to herself her citizens as tribal and refers to Indians ,continually. It seems the white man/colonizers language, and denigrating terms, and labeling, is used to often as ordinary speach in First Nations people. Tribal is not how the "first nations" refer to themselves, it's a colonizer labeling/English term. Its to bad that Sarah Deer has to refer to her heritage, people in the colonizing terms. Sarah used the ward/term Nation once, nice to hear. Its understood that she feels the need to articulate to the white system. But there is a time to rethink your journey in first nations term. Of all the wrong doings that had been done, and still done to first nations. To bring up one pediphile in it all is very much typical to shed fear and distain. As the labels "Indian" "tribal/savages" and/or "black" are derogatory, and insights a life long Hollywood history of dangerous people, as the cavalry were saviours. I think it is time for the "First Nations People"/ Sarah Deer, were they/she, now live in a country called USA. Drop the colonization rhetoric and use your terms/labels to explain your traditions your nations people. Great show, should be more on the FIRST NATIONS PEOPLE.

[@Hawah15]

$5 Indian

[@downandout992]

It is better to be a $5 Indian than a no dollar nothing.

[@sananosser1868]

So is Murica gonna hafta redraw da map?

[@shelbydavis4496]

Give them a 🌹 for good an beuty

[@Mantaracer]

Orange clown will be in prison soon!

[@jordicombs6466]

Why the hell is Oklahoma a solid red state?

[@davidjames4267]

May 28, 1830 Indian removal Act " Trail of Tears" This is when a buisness stole their private property. Constitution of the United States Amendments IV, V David James West, a Christian man

[@ebear6555]

What about the other Native Nations ?

[@booboodadfool8015]

I'm applying for refugee status in Oklahoma. I'm fleeing a racist government, rampant disease and joblessness.

[@headdragondavidaustinsimmo4025]

My black man taller than African Jamaican or Australia black people man kind George ill call him George love him squeeze him

[@piratesilver2786]

I love the poetic justice. Honestly. But the practicality seems non existent.

[@johnwattdotca]

Pirate Silver: Nice comment. This does set a legal precedent that can be used in any other court. You know what I know that I haven't seen here? What about American natives who fled over the border to Canada? Can they come back? President George Washington had a $25 a scalp reward as his way to help genocide natives. This is well documented, lots of potential evidence just waiting.

[@shelbydavis4496]

Shelby Alexander davis pays for all reservations of apache to cheif 4 of them of quajada

[@johnmiranda2307]

So, what’s the gain?

[@ALYoungFuture13]

Europeans going back to Europe ?