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McGirt v. Oklahoma
April 28, 2022
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Matt Ford
The Supreme Court Weighs Another Historic Shift on Tribal Sovereignty
The high court’s ruling in a 2020 case upended Oklahoma’s relationship with Indian country. Now the justices are considering an even bigger step.
April 27, 2022
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Matt Ford
Neil Gorsuch Has a Critical Race Theory About Puerto Rico
The justice’s recent opinion takes a strong stance against the shameful way the United States has ruled over the territory.
August 12, 2021
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Matt Ford
Oklahoma Wants a Supreme Court Do-Over on Tribal Sovereignty
The state is making a breathtakingly cynical demand that the high court strip Native Americans of protections they were granted only last year.
May 24, 2021
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Matt Ford
What Does the U.S. Owe American Samoa?
A fishing dispute with the federal government is raising deeper questions about the island territory’s legal and constitutional status.
August 26, 2020
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Nick Martin
The Federal Government Killed a Navajo Man Just to Prove It Could
The execution of Lezmond Mitchell, a Diné citizen, was a long, grisly test case about tribal sovereignty.
July 9, 2020
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Nick Martin
Neil Gorsuch Affirms That Treaties With Tribal Nations Are the Law
In upholding the Muscogee (Creek) Nation’s treaty-guaranteed lands, the justices did something simple but unexpected.
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