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Thread on the #SupremeCourt #Oklahoma #CreekNation McGirt v. Oklahoma ruling today, because prior posts were made on my phone at work and therefore lacking.
This also provides a bit of Oklahoma history, by necessity.
To begin with: this is Oklahoma.
This also provides a bit of Oklahoma history, by necessity.
To begin with: this is Oklahoma.
Once upon a time, Andrew Jackson and other Presidents forced the removal of Native Americans into what was once called Indian Territory.
The territory was split roughly among the first several tribes to be removed here, with more being packed in later as the US moved West.
The territory was split roughly among the first several tribes to be removed here, with more being packed in later as the US moved West.
Eventually, a man named Standing Bear tipped a line of dominoes that resulted in the more specific and defined apportionment of land in this territory.
And gosh, wouldn't you know it, some lands just ended up "Unassigned." So mostly-white people flooded into them and spread out.
And gosh, wouldn't you know it, some lands just ended up "Unassigned." So mostly-white people flooded into them and spread out.
