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Can we maybe take this discussion to it's own thread. It's a subject worthy of discussion, but it's not really on topic here.

No, just do what they did with the Natives in Alaska; incorporate the tribes as tribal corporations, instead of as local govs. Makes the laws governing thier land far harder to abuse, because land then becomes a private corporate property, not a separate jurisdiction.

It's going to be a bit before we get the nitty-gritty of it. But it will likely change at least a few law enforcement, tax, and representational issues in Oklahoma itself. It may also open the door to more tribes making a case like this, beacuse I doubt the Oklahoma case is the only one where...

https://www.newsweek.com/half-oklahoma-belongs-native-tribe-supreme-court-rules-1516680 So the TL;DR is Congressional laziness and ineptitude means the old reservation was never formally dismantled on the Federal level. Thus most of the state is still a tribal reservation, from a jurisdictional...