Okla. Criminal Appeals Panel Says Osage Reservation Was Disestablished By Congress

(April 9, 2024, 2:41 PM EDT) -- OKLAHOMA CITY — A state trial court had proper criminal jurisdiction to convict and sentence a citizen of the Osage Nation for manslaughter that occurred on the tribe’s reservation because the reservation was disestablished by Congress, the Oklahoma Criminal Court of Appeals found in affirming precedent from the 10th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals....

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