Friday, July 17, 2020

OCPA slams AG-tribal agreement on McGirt v. Oklahoma



OCPA comment on AG-tribal agreement on McGirt v. Oklahoma

OKLAHOMA CITY (July 16, 2020)—Jonathan Small, president of the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs, issued the following statement today in response to Attorney General Mike Hunter’s proposal for federal legislation to address challenges raised by the U.S. Supreme Court’s McGirt v. Oklahoma ruling.

“This proposed ‘agreement’ smacks of self-dealing. It essentially ‘gives’ substantial control of the civil and economic lives of approximately 2 million Oklahomans to five tribal governments in exchange for … nothing.
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from MuskogeePolitico.com