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Re:U.S. Supreme Court deems half of Oklahoma a Native Americ... by landryraccoon on Thursday July 09, 2020 @09:55PM (#23787368)
Adverse possession generally doesn’t apply to land owned by a sovereign. You cannot claim adverse possession against the United States, or against the state of Oklahoma, not even after squatting for many years. The Creek nations could be considered sovereign in this case, since they were party to a treaty with the United States.
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Re:U.S. Supreme Court deems half of Oklahoma a Native Americ... by vmh1928 on Thursday July 09, 2020 @10:52PM (#23787676)
Here's a case where it took 15 years of court action to get someone off of a parcel of land in Tempe, AZ that was part AZ State land and part City of Tempe. The man claimed his family had been occupying the land since at least 1877 and claimed ownership via adverse possession. If you hit a paywall just search on "tempe squatter".

https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/tempe/2020/03/10/...

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Re:U.S. Supreme Court deems half of Oklahoma a Native Americ... by landryraccoon on Friday July 10, 2020 @12:32AM (#23788177)
The article says that the court found in favor of the state and the man had to vacate the land. That sounds like adverse possession wasn't enough to fight off the state when they wanted the land back.
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