Analysis

Congressional Action On McGirt May Prove Risky For Tribes

By Andrew Westney (July 24, 2020, 6:21 PM EDT) -- A plan to enlist Congress to help settle the jurisdiction questions raised by the Muscogee (Creek) Nation's recent U.S. Supreme Court win risks weakening tribes' authority over their newly affirmed reservation lands in Oklahoma, and federal legislation might not be needed at all if tribes and the state take the time to hash things out themselves, experts say....

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