In *Suzanne Hicks v. Hudson Insurance Company* (No. 14-283, Oklahoma Supreme Court, decided June 12, 2014), the issue centered on a workers’ compensation dispute involving a Native American tribe. Hicks, an employee of a tribal entity, sought benefits through Hudson Insurance, the tribe’s insurer. The Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled that the tribe’s sovereign immunity did not extend to Hudson Insurance, as the insurer was a private entity and not an arm of the tribe. The court clarified that while tribes can claim immunity from lawsuits, third-party

BTW this info is AI generated … and reflects my research ….

Public Law two eighty, passed in nineteen fifty-three, transferred criminal jurisdiction over Indian lands to some states. It hit six mandatory states—Alaska, California, Minnesota, Nebraska, Oregon, and Wisconsin— giving them authority over tribal members and others on reservations without tribal consent. Other states could opt in, but Oklahoma didn’t. For the Five Tribes—Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole—this meant state jurisdiction wasn’t assumed, as Oklahoma’s.

As beautiful as a worship song may be, if there is no truth in the heart, it means nothing. As C.S. Lewis once said: "God doesn't want something from us. He wants us." It's not the well-crafted words that touch heaven, but the broken and sincere heart. The poet Dietrich Bonhoeffer once wrote: "He who loves God sincerely does not need to raise his voice, for heaven recognizes the silence of a surrendered heart."

Romans 12:9 - "Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good."

Aaahhhh this case that “the” Stitt - who is the Governor’s brother the one appealing this case against Tulsa … a traffic ticket …. Stitt is a Cherokee Citizen …

supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25/2… This is the case of whether or not the city can give out tickets on reservations lands … he seems to take the exact opposite of Gov Stitt’s view …

“The case now before the Court reveals that Oklahoma never intended to accept the restoration of proper jurisdiction. Instead,

Grok says …..The Supreme Court’s McGirt ruling in 2020 held that much of eastern Oklahoma remains Native American territory for criminal jurisdiction, so Oklahoma state courts can’t prosecute crimes involving tribal members on tribal lands—those cases go to federal or tribal courts. This led to many convictions being vacated and retried federally, impacting tribes like the Muscogee Nation. In 2021, the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals ruled McGirt isn’t retroactive, limiting its scope for past cases, like Shaun Bosse’s, where non-tribal defendants

This is what is circulating in Nowata OK …