Event
Tribal jurisdiction in the courts and Congress, 2013 to 2022
A 2013 law, a 2020 ruling and a 2022 ruling on who may prosecute crimes in Indian country.
- Dates
- 2013–2022
- The Great Dying30 scenes
- How are Tribal jurisdiction in the courts and Congress, 2013 to 2022 and … connected?
Connections 5
involved
- Creek Nation its 1833 treaty and reservation were the subject of McGirt Primary record 1
appears in
- Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 Primary record 2
- McGirt v. Oklahoma (2020) Primary record 1
- Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta (2022) Primary record 3
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Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta (2022)
Primary record
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Justice Gorsuch's dissent, joined by Justices Breyer, Sotomayor and Kagan, on the Cherokee Reservation.
Timeline 1 date
- 2013–2022 Tribal jurisdiction in the courts and Congress, 2013 to 2022
Proof 3 sources
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McGirt v. Oklahoma, No. 18-9526, Supreme Court of the United States, 9 Jul 2020.
Primary record
An 1833 Treaty fixed borders for a “permanent home to the whole Creek Nation of Indians,”
Because Congress has not said otherwise, we hold the government to its word.
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Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013, Public Law 113-4, U.S. Congress, 7 Mar 2013.
Primary record
the powers of self-government of a participating tribe include the inherent power of that tribe, which is hereby recognized and affirmed, to exercise special domestic violence criminal jurisdiction over all persons.
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Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta, No. 21-429, Supreme Court of the United States, 29 Jun 2022.
Primary record
There, the Court held that the Creek Nation’s reservation in eastern Oklahoma had never been properly disestablished and therefore remained “Indian country.”
Where this Court once stood firm, today it wilts.
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