“Every few paragraphs of the majority opinion has another line that dismissively and casually cuts apart tribal independence that Native ancestors gave their lives for,” observed one Indigenous law professor. Indigenous leaders on Wednesday condemned a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that allows authorities in Oklahoma and other states to prosecute certain crimes on sovereign tribal land, […]
The incident is the 20th U.S. mass shooting since the May 24 massacre of 21 students and staff at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. Tulsa police confirmed Wednesday that five people were killed, including the shooter, during a mass shooting at a medical facility in the northeastern Oklahoma city. The Tulsa World reports the shooting occurred Wednesday afternoon […]
A man who portrayed himself as a Native American spiritual counselor was sentenced Thursday in federal court for sexually abusing a Native American minor and for illegally possessing feathers, talons and heads from seven bald eagles and seven golden eagles, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson. U.S. District Judge John F. Heil III sentenced sexual […]
In a meandering Wall Street Journal interview filled with blatant and outlandish lies—such as the claim that he personally “made Juneteenth very famous”—President Donald Trump on Thursday called Covid-19 testing “overrated” and admitted that he is putting the health of some of his supporters at risk by moving ahead with a planned rally this weekend in Tulsa, […]