We All Benefit from Improved Intergovernmental Engagement

Since the summer of 2020, a series of court rulings affirmed tribal reservations in Oklahoma and reshaped our understanding of criminal jurisdiction in the Chickasaw Nation and much of eastern Oklahoma. On January 24, 2022, the United States Supreme Court denied more than 30 petitions seeking to overturn those rulings. In doing so, the Court brought a new level of judicial finality to historic ...