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If you want to understand how the Supreme Court rules on politics rather than the law look no further than the arena of Federal Indian Law.
Today #SCOTUS changed who has criminal jurisdiction on over 300 reservations not based on precedent or even the facts on the ground…
Today #SCOTUS changed who has criminal jurisdiction on over 300 reservations not based on precedent or even the facts on the ground…
But based on #Oklahoma’s exaggerated & demonstrably false claims about the impact of #McGirt.
Our reporting found OK’s claims in #Castro were incorrect & likely fabricated. But it didn’t matter.
theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
Our reporting found OK’s claims in #Castro were incorrect & likely fabricated. But it didn’t matter.
theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
When it comes to tribal sovereignty the Supreme Court is repeatedly more wedded to the expectations of white Americans than our constitution, federal law, or even the truth.
Tomorrow #SCOTUS will hear oral arguments in a case that could limit the scope of its 2020 #McGirt decision.
Using alarming facts & figures, #Oklahoma claims McGirt led to criminal justice chaos. But we looked into it, & their numbers don’t add up.
theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
Using alarming facts & figures, #Oklahoma claims McGirt led to criminal justice chaos. But we looked into it, & their numbers don’t add up.
theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
In its CERT petition in Castro, OK claimed up to 76,000 past convictions could be impacted according to district attorneys. The governor‘s office confirmed the estimate came from DAs. But when we contacted the DAs, they didn’t know what the governor was talking about.
According to data from the OKDOC, only 68 inmates have been released from prison to the street bc of McGirt. And since courts ruled the decision is not retroactive, even that number is shrinking.
Principal Chief David Hill:
I am thankful for House Speaker McCall’s hospitality and invitation to attend the Governor’s State of the State address today.
I attended with hopes to hear that Gov. Stitt might transition toward cooperation…
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I am thankful for House Speaker McCall’s hospitality and invitation to attend the Governor’s State of the State address today.
I attended with hopes to hear that Gov. Stitt might transition toward cooperation…
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Hill: …and collaboration with the Muscogee (Creek) Nation and other tribal nations now that the United States Supreme Court has refused to overturn its #McGirt ruling.
As I listened, I heard Oklahoma’s governor again use tragedy and fear-mongering for his own gain. 2/10
As I listened, I heard Oklahoma’s governor again use tragedy and fear-mongering for his own gain. 2/10
Hill: Even worse, he made up a story using the tragic case of a child who was killed.
The Governor's claim that Richard Roth could be released from prison due to #McGirt is patently false.
Roth is, has been and remains in state custody…
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The Governor's claim that Richard Roth could be released from prison due to #McGirt is patently false.
Roth is, has been and remains in state custody…
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“… we have so much to gain from working together. Oklahoma & @CherokeeNation will not always agree. When we disagree, let us negotiate in good faith to find common ground. Let us be optimistic about what we can collectively achieve…” #McGirt #McGirt bit.ly/3G5JwOQ
“It is sad that Governor Stitt and Attorney General O’Connor cannot seem to imagine a world in which the state and the tribes coexist. They are nearly alone in their views. They are on the wrong side of history.” #McGirt
“Just a few leaders behave like we are in the 19th century, where the answers to the “Indian problem” were things like forced removal and broken promises.” #McGirt
🧵Encouraged that the #SCOTUS orders today continue to affirm our treaty rights & honor judicial precedent. The Court today DENIED 31 👀 petitions from Oklahoma seeking to overturn #McGirt – the ruling that affirmed our reservation & #sovereignty #PrecedentNotPolitics 🧵
Oklahoma – not winning w/ petitions to overturn #McGirt at U.S. Supreme Court
It’s clear that now is the time for implementation not litigation.
#TribalSovereignty #ImplementationNOTLitigation #Collaboration
It’s clear that now is the time for implementation not litigation.
#TribalSovereignty #ImplementationNOTLitigation #Collaboration
Oklahoma Governor's Attack on Judicial Precedent Should Not Prevail
An open letter from Muscogee (Creek) Nation Principal Chief David Hill on the U.S. Supreme Court’s consideration today of McGirt challenges tinyurl.com/yc2pujz
Excerpts in this 🧵
#McGirt #SCOTUS
An open letter from Muscogee (Creek) Nation Principal Chief David Hill on the U.S. Supreme Court’s consideration today of McGirt challenges tinyurl.com/yc2pujz
Excerpts in this 🧵
#McGirt #SCOTUS
The time is long past due for Oklahoma Gov. Stitt to shut down his political campaign of obstruction and work with us to embrace a better future. This January, I hope the Supreme Court will take the opportunity to tell him so.
#McGirt #SCOTUS #Precedent #TribalSovereignty
#McGirt #SCOTUS #Precedent #TribalSovereignty
Before the ink was dry on [McGirt], politicians began pressing the Supreme Court to reverse itself…
Stepping in now would damage the Court, condone bad behavior by the State, and rob Oklahomans of the opportunity for more safety and prosperity.
#McGirt #SCOTUS #Precedent
Stepping in now would damage the Court, condone bad behavior by the State, and rob Oklahomans of the opportunity for more safety and prosperity.
#McGirt #SCOTUS #Precedent
Principal Chief David Hill:
The City of Tulsa’s insertion of itself into the Governor’s unrelenting and untethered-to-facts push to provoke the US Supreme Court to overturn its McGirt ruling seems to be little more than political theater.
🧵 excerpts #McGirt #Tulsa
The City of Tulsa’s insertion of itself into the Governor’s unrelenting and untethered-to-facts push to provoke the US Supreme Court to overturn its McGirt ruling seems to be little more than political theater.
🧵 excerpts #McGirt #Tulsa
City of Tulsa attorneys last week seized the opportunity to send the U.S. Supreme Court a rehashed, recycled version of their year-ago rejected argument against key pillars of tribal sovereignty.
We are disappointed, but not surprised.
We are disappointed, but not surprised.
The fiction in the City of Tulsa’s legal filing that the McGirt ruling is bad for Indians is insulting, at best. Patently false. And, racist, at worst. Those who adhere to that storyline are on the wrong path.
“The law of the land – as affirmed by the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in the ‘McGirt’ case – is working.”
Muscogee Nation Principal Chief David Hill’s editorial in Sept. 5 @TheOklahoman
🧵 w/link and excerpts
#Sovereignty #McGirt #PromiseNotaProblem #Oklahoma #SCOTUS
Muscogee Nation Principal Chief David Hill’s editorial in Sept. 5 @TheOklahoman
🧵 w/link and excerpts
#Sovereignty #McGirt #PromiseNotaProblem #Oklahoma #SCOTUS
“What’s not working is the Governor and Attorney General’s fear-mongering, misdirection (bold statements on ‘McGirt,’ silence on the state’s COVID-driven healthcare crisis), and a litany of legal actions designed to overturn the ruling.” – Hill
“The ruling last year had the effect of re-affirming key elements of our tribal sovereignty that were ignored by Oklahoma for 114 years.” – Hill
The Muscogee Nation has a few updates and corrections to the remarks that Oklahoma Governor Stitt delivered today at the Tulsa Regional Chamber of Commerce’s annual State of the State meeting. Long 🧵 #MuscogeeReservation #APromiseNotAProblem #McGirt
We limit our focus here to the Governor’s statements about the effects of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2020 ruling in the landmark McGirt v. Oklahoma case that had the effect of re-affirming our tribal sovereignty.
First, “McGirt” is not the biggest problem or threat to Oklahoma.
First, “McGirt” is not the biggest problem or threat to Oklahoma.
The implementation of changes in criminal jurisdiction and other matters is under way. Yesterday’s sentencing of Jimcy McGirt in U.S. District Court to 3 life sentences is a prime example of an orderly process that preserves public safety and delivers justice in the lawful venue.
Welcome @GovStitt to the Muscogee Reservation for your State of the State address @TulsaChamber on this historic day that marks justice served in a new era of affirmed tribal sovereignty and jurisdictional clarity.
Yesterday’s sentencing of Jimcy McGirt to 3 life terms in federal prison – and the U.S. attorneys’ actions to ensure this man’s uninterrupted imprisonment – is a prime example of an orderly process that preserves public safety and delivers justice in the lawful, appropriate venue
We commend the diligence of the USAO in prosecuting this case and the federal judge for preserving justice for the victims of these heinous crimes. Here for all to see today is an affirming reality that flies in the face of the continuing dissonance of chaos and fear-mongering.
#Stitt has a Communications Manager who is really bad at it: A Thread
This is @CarlyAtch. She wants everyone to know the truth about what happened at the #McGirt
Forum tonight.
This is @CarlyAtch. She wants everyone to know the truth about what happened at the #McGirt
Forum tonight.
The forum was for those impacted by McGirt. Not everyone impacted is a victim.
As a person ostensibly dealing with communication @CarlyAtch should know that a forum means you're not always going to hear what you want.
As a person ostensibly dealing with communication @CarlyAtch should know that a forum means you're not always going to hear what you want.
This was a forum, not a photo op. If you wanted the latter you shouldn't have advertised the former @CarlyAtch.
Today on @inlieuoffunshow, @Klonick and I are joined by Ian Heath Gershengorn, who successfully argued the #McGirt before the #SCOTUS. Come have a drink with us and discuss this decision, and its remarkable history, at 5:00 pm Eastern time.
On Crowdcast: crowdcast.io/e/in-lieu-of-f…
On Crowdcast: crowdcast.io/e/in-lieu-of-f…
Or on YouTube:
It's good that the NY Times published this article by @jackhealyNYT. Quotes the brilliant Muskogee (Creek) poet Joy Harjo and other Muskogees on meaning of #McGirt SCOTUS decision.
But the article makes a big mistake about U.S. policy of Indian removal.
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But the article makes a big mistake about U.S. policy of Indian removal.
nyti.ms/3h0FsDz
The article implies that Indian Removal (enacted in 1830) applied only to the "Five tribes" (Muskogees, Cherokees, Chickasaws, Choctaws, Seminoles) in the South. But northern nations (Potawatomis, Miamis, Shawnees, Wyandots, Haudenosaunees, others) were also subject to removal.
The mistaken idea that Jackson's Indian Removal policy applied only to the Southern nations is very common (even among good historians).
Why does this error persist?
Why does this error persist?
Good morning! Picking up on yesterday's #SCOTUS ruling on #McGirt...
In my analyses of children's and YA books, I look for ones that in some way include sovereignty. I tweeted about HEARTS UNBROKEN, yesterday. As time permits, I'll add additional titles to this thread.
In my analyses of children's and YA books, I look for ones that in some way include sovereignty. I tweeted about HEARTS UNBROKEN, yesterday. As time permits, I'll add additional titles to this thread.
BURY MY HEART AT CHUCK E. CHEESE'S is by Tiffany Midge. It isn't a children or YA bk, but is one that teens may enjoy and that adults who work w/ children's literature should read. Sarah Vowell said "Midge is a wry, astute charmer..." Devon Mihesuah said she's a comedic genius."
The book includes riffs on mascots, stereotypes, and.... well, look at the apostrophe in Cheese's on the cover:
Thread: Federal Indian Law context for what the #McGirt #SCOTUS decision and does not mean about which government now had power to do what in Oklahoma. This is how criminal jurisdiction works between the sovereigns on the land that federal law defines as “Indian Country.”
“Indian Country” is defined to include “reservations.”
Several different laws and cases have made the rules about which government prosecutes who. One of them is the Major Crimes Act, it governs serious crimes committed by Indians. McGirt challenged only the Major Crimes Act.
Several different laws and cases have made the rules about which government prosecutes who. One of them is the Major Crimes Act, it governs serious crimes committed by Indians. McGirt challenged only the Major Crimes Act.
The Supreme Court just held that the Muscogee Creek Nation reservation was not disestablished, and so for purposes of the Major Crimes Act (the only law whose application was explicitly challenged), Indian Country, includes this land.
"The federal government promised the Creek a reservation in perpetuity. Over time, Congress has diminished that reservation. It has sometimes restricted and other times expanded the Tribe’s authority. But Congress has never withdrawn the promised reservation....
As a result, many of the arguments before us today follow a sadly familiar pattern. Yes, promises were made, but the price of keeping them has become too great, so now we should just cast a blind eye. We reject that thinking...
If Congress wishes to withdraw its promises, it must say so. Unlawful acts, performed long enough and with sufficient vigor, are never enough to amend the law. To hold otherwise would be to elevate the most brazen and longstanding injustices over the law...
"On the far end of the Trail of Tears was a promise. Forced
to leave their ancestral lands in Georgia and Alabama, the
Creek Nation received assurances that their new lands in
the West would be secure forever...
to leave their ancestral lands in Georgia and Alabama, the
Creek Nation received assurances that their new lands in
the West would be secure forever...
In exchange for ceding “all their land, East of the Mississippi river,” the U. S. government agreed by treaty that “[t]he Creek country west of the Mississippi shall be solemnly guarantied to the Creek Indians.”
Both parties settled on boundary lines for a new and “permanent home to the whole Creek nation,” located in what is now Oklahoma. The government further promised that “[no] State or Territory [shall] ever have a right to pass laws for the government of such Indians...
