Oklahoma Sues Interior For Ending State Control Of Mining On Creek Reservation

(July 22, 2021, 8:51 AM EDT) -- OKLAHOMA CITY — The U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) violated federal law when it stripped Oklahoma of its jurisdiction to administer surface coal mining and reclamation programs on the Muscogee (Creek) Nation reservation and took control of the programs based on the landmark ruling in McGirt v. Oklahoma, the state says in a July 16 federal court lawsuit seeking an injunction to halt the change....

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