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Re:U.S. Supreme Court deems half of Oklahoma a Native Americ... by newacct583 on Thursday July 09, 2020 @12:52PM (#23782178)
States and reservations are orthogonal concepts. This has nothing to do with "taking land away from" a state, it's about which legal authority has jurisdiction within the borders. People on reservations still vote in their relevant state elections.
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Re:U.S. Supreme Court deems half of Oklahoma a Native Americ... by bitminer on Thursday July 09, 2020 @01:01PM (#23782304)
Am I correct in thinking that this is about authority, not (land) title over half of Oklahoma?
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Re:U.S. Supreme Court deems half of Oklahoma a Native Americ... by newacct583 on Thursday July 09, 2020 @01:04PM (#23782346)
Yes. The specific case was about a murder conviction overturned because the Oklahoma county court didn't have jurisdiction over tribal land.
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Re:U.S. Supreme Court deems half of Oklahoma a Native Americ... by rootusrootus on Thursday July 09, 2020 @01:35PM (#23782733)
> didn't have jurisdiction over tribal land

Over native americans on tribal land. The state still has authority over everyone else. And the tribal police don't have authority over them. It's convoluted.

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