2023 Tribal Sovereignty and Jurisdiction News Stories
Judge orders removal of wind farm opposed by Osage (ICT) 12/28/2023
‘Sad state of affairs’: After altercation, Muscogee Nation charges Okmulgee County jailer (NonDoc) 12/21/20023
PANEL: Data sovereignty is about helping Tribal nations reclaim culture, expand economic opportunity (Tribal Business News) 12/17/2023
Two large Oklahoma Tribes applaud dismissal of the "Hooper v. Tulsa" case by the U.S. district court (Native News Online) 12/16/2023
Leader of northern Wisconsin Tribe not backing down in dispute with GOP lawmakers (Wisconsin Public Radio) 12/12/2023
Cayuga Nation files lawsuit against state for operating Thruway on Tribal lands (News 10 NBC Rochester) 12/12/2023
Justin Hooper says all he wanted was to be tried in the proper court. Will Tulsa agree? (KGOU - NPR Oklahoma) 12/12/2023
Public Law 280: The path forward (Lake County Leader) 12/7/2023
Biden clears path for Tribal nations to access federal funds (Voice of America) 12/6/2023
Cherokee Nation celebrates traffic citation revenue-sharing agreements (Tulsa World) 12/3/2023
Ada Deer: Advocate for Tribal sovereignty (In Custodia Legis Library of Congress Blog) 11/30/2023
Oklahoma Highway Patrol gives ticket over Tribal plate, potentially changing decades of policing precedent (KGOU Public Radio) 11/10/2023
Tribal self-governance at center of dispute over federal health care costs (SCOTUSblog) 11/3/2023
Tired of waiting, Tulsa mayor proposes discussions with tribes to resolve jurisdiction questions (Tulsa World) 11/3/2023
Seminole man’s sentence changes due to McGirt ruling (KFOR Oklahoma's News 4) 10/28/2023
Indigenous data warriors and the ongoing fight for data sovereignty (Stacker) 10/26/2023
Oklahoma supreme court agrees to hear tax dispute on Indian lands, won’t hear governor’s challenge to legislature’s ability to extend tribal compacts (Native News Online) 10/20/2023
Do tribal citizens owe state taxes after McGirt? Oklahoma Supreme Court will hear case (The Oklahoman) 10/19/2023
For jurisdiction in New Mexico's tribal casino cases, all bets are off (Santa Fe New Mexican) 10/14/2023
Judge rules two freedmen eligible for tribal citizenship of Muscogee (Creek) Nation, tribe appeals (Native News Online) 10/3/2023
Safeguarding tribal jurisdiction in Minnesota (Native News Online) 9/28/2023
‘Occupied by the US’: wildfires renew Native Hawaiian call for sovereignty (Guardian) 9/7/2023
Three years after landmark ruling, Congress silent on tribal jurisdiction in Oklahoma (Colorado Newsline) 8/30/2023
Cherokee Nation chief responds to Oklahoma governor's latest 'attack on tribes' (Cherokee Phoenix) 8/25/2023
Lac du Flambeau residents sue town over tribal road barricades (Wisconsin Public Radio) 8/21/2023
New trial date set in case against McGirt (McAlester News-Capital) 8/17/2023
Supreme Court rules against Tulsa in case over Native American man’s speeding ticket (CNN) 8/4/2023
Fact-checking Oklahoma Gov. Stitt's statements about tribal compact negotiations (High Plains Public Radio) 8/4/2023
Tribal tobacco compacts stand (Native News Online) 8/1/2023
U.S. Supreme Court stays Tulsa traffic ticket ruling for one week (Public Radio Tulsa) 7/26/2023
OK Attorney General Drummond intercedes to represent State of Oklahoma in lawsuit over unlawful tribal gaming compacts signed by Governor (Office of the Oklahoma Attorney General) 7/25/2023
Language regarding Maine's obligation to Native American tribes may be added back to state's constitution (California Sun) 7/25/2023
Oklahoma Senate votes to override Stitt vetoes on tribal compacts (ABC News Tulsa) 7/24/2023
Oklahoma governor's feud with Native American tribes continues over revenue agreements (Turtle Island News) 7/24/2023
Enhancing tribal sovereignty in North Dakota and beyond (KX News North Dakota) 7/20/2023
Navajo Nation Council celebrates 100 years as governing body for Navajo people (Tucson Sentinel) 7/19/2023
The Choctaw Nation will enforce the law (Oklahoma City Free Press) 7/16/2023
Arizona District Court finds tribally co-owned wireless provider not entitled to sovereign immunity (JD Supra) 7/13/2023
Connecticut to assemble task force to address tribal taxation (WSHU Public Radio) 7/13/2023
Maine governor vetoes proposal sought by tribes to ensure they benefit from federal laws (Seacoastonline) 7/4/2023
Oklahoma Tribes applaud 10th Circuit decision to uphold tribal sovereignty (Native News Online) 6/29/2023
Tenth Circuit Court upholds tribal sovereignty in Hooper v. Tulsa (2 News Oklahoma) 6/28/2023
Supreme Court ruling on bankruptcy code may have far-reaching implications for tribal business arrangements (LexBlog) 6/21/2023
SCOTUS issues two significant decisions impacting tribal sovereignty (National Law Review) 6/16/2023
SCOTUS issues 8-1 ruling to strip tribal sovereign immunity from bankruptcy code (Tribal Business News) 6/15/2023
‘It is about disabling tribal sovereignty’ Tribes anticipate major rulings from U.S. Supreme Court (Indianz) 6/9/2023
Fast-tracked tribal bill faces opposition from Mills administration (Maine Public) 5/31/2023
Montana TikTok ban brings questions about digital sovereignty (Montana Free Press) 5/22/2023
Court recognizes reservation status of three Oklahoma tribes (Native News Online) 5/17/2023
OCCA rules two more Oklahoma reservations fall under McGirt ruling (Enid News & Eagle) 5/15/2023
Judge rules Public Law 280 suit can move forward (Daily Inter Lake) 5/10/2023
Cherokee constitution effort faces hurdle (Smoky Mountain News) 5/3/2023
Supreme Court hears case involving Ojibwe tribe (Indian Country Today) 5/1/2023
Judge rules Nebraska can't regulate tribe's tobacco sales on Winnebago Reservation (Grand Island Independent) 5/2/2023
Justices dubious of creating “extra-special super-super clear statement rule” to exempt tribes from obligation to respect bankruptcy process (SCOTUSblog) 4/25/2023
SCOTUS hears arguments in bankruptcy case that has implications for doing business in Indian Country (Tribal Business News) 4/23/2023
CSKT, county await legislative action on police reimbursement (Montana Free Press) 4/20/2023
Tribal Assembly celebrates achievements and faces hard truths (Juneau Empire) 4/19/2023
‘For the people, by the people’: Cherokee to vote on proposed constitution (Smoky Mountain News) 4/12/2023
CRST files amicus brief in Supreme Court case Smith v. United States test of tribal sovereignty (White River Eagle) 4/5/2023
Cities and tribes navigate new landscape as Indian Country in Alaska slowly grows (Anchorage Daily News) 4/3/2023
Bureau of Indian Affairs expands Tiwahe Initiative (Native News Online) 4/1/2023
Johnson v. M’Intosh: 200 years of legal misery for Native people (Indian Country Today) 3/30/2023
New course makes legal help more accessible to tribal members (Independent Record) 3/28/2023
Wabanaki tribes make case for self-determination in historic address before legislature (Maine Beacon) 3/22/2023
Legislature’s Indigenous caucus aspires to keep Native issues at forefront (Montana Free Press) 3/15/2023
Peterson Zah guided by love for people, family (Indian Country Today) 3/8/2023
Gov. Mills, lawmakers clash over printing tribal treaty language in Maine Constitution (Portland Press Herald) 3/72023
Talk of Alaska: Lawsuits challenging tribal sovereignty (Alaska Public Media) 2/28/2023
Oglala Sioux Tribe v. United States trial begins this week (Native News Online) 2/7/2023
Tribal Council hears update on Lake County PL 280 withdrawal (Char-Koosta News) 1/19/2023
'Who ever thought I would be chief?' Texas’ Alabama-Coushatta tribe elects first female chief (My San Antonio) 1/19/2023
Could civil forfeiture be the next battleground in Oklahoma Governor's fight over tribal sovereignty? (KOSU) 1/3/2023
Pima County, Pascua Yaqui Tribe partner to prosecute cases (Tucson.com) 12/30/2022
