Oklahoma: Is Oklahoma Still Indian Country? 'Justifiable Expectations' And Reservation ...

Oklahoma: Is Oklahoma Still Indian Country? 'Justifiable Expectations' And Reservation Disestablishment In Murphy v. Sirmons And Osage Nation v. Irby Philip H. Tinker, 2011   The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma recently held that Allotment-Era statutes disestablished Indian tribal reservations in the former Indian Territory. However, these decisions were not based on any express statutory provisions. Rather, the courts...

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