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Map of Tribal Jurisdictional Areas in Oklahoma. This is a list of federally recognized Native American Tribes in the U.S. state of Oklahoma . With its 38 federally recognized tribes, [ 1 ] Oklahoma has the third largest numbers of tribes of any state, behind Alaska and California .
The Muscogee (Creek) Nation filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday against the city of Tulsa, arguing Tulsa police are continuing to ticket Native American drivers within the tribe's reservation ...
A Tulsa County sheriff's deputy, at left, and two Muscogee Nation Lighthorse Police officers inspect the scene of an abandoned and stripped car in this July 2023 file photo.
At least five of these areas, those of the so-called five civilized tribes of Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek and Seminole (the 'Five Tribes' of Oklahoma), which cover 43% of the area of the state (including Tulsa), are recognized as reservations by federal treaty, and thus not subject to state law or jurisdiction for tribal members. [3] [4]
But after state police recently insisted drivers with tribal plates must live within their tribe’s boundaries — a startling pivot to the accepted rules of the road in Oklahoma — Carter is ...
The tribe owns and operates Keetoowah Construction in Tahlequah, and the Keetoowah Cherokee Treatment Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. [1] They have an arts and crafts gallery, showcasing members' work. They owned and operated the Keetoowah Cherokee Casino in Tahlequah from 1986 to 2013. [3] The UKB issue their own tribal vehicle tags.
The federal government contends Oklahoma’s second largest city is violating the law by asserting jurisdiction over tribal citizens on tribal reservations. Nearly all of Tulsa sits within the ...
There are 3,787 enrolled tribal members, and 904 of them living within the state of Oklahoma. Some live nearby in Missouri, where the tribe has a Cultural Preservation Center at Seneca, Missouri, and a community in western Missouri. Glenna J. Wallace is the elected Chief, since 2006, and is currently serving a four-year term. She is the tribe's ...