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FILE - This March 16, 2015, file photo, shows a detail of the 1790 Treaty of the Muscogee (Creek) Nations and the United States non display at the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian "Nation to Nation: Treaties Between the United States and American Indian Nations" in Washington. The Supreme Court has ruled Thursday, July 9, 2020, that Oklahoma prosecutors lack the authority to pursue criminal cases in a large chunk of eastern Oklahoma that remains an American Indian reservation. The case was argued by telephone in May because of the coronavirus pandemic. The case revolved around an appeal by a Native American man who claimed state courts had no authority to try him for a crime committed on reservation land that belongs to the Muscogee (Creek) Nation. (Kevin Wolf/AP Images for Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian, via AP, File)

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In a decision being hailed as a win for tribal sovereignty, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled July 9 that a large portion of eastern Oklahoma remains a reservation.

By Kolby KickingWoman, Indian Country Today July 14, 2020