Supreme Court rejects Tulsa in Native American traffic laws dispute

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The Supreme Court rejects Tulsa's bid to block a lower court ruling that casts doubt on the city's ability to enforce municipal ordinances, including traffic laws against Native Americans.

The City of Tulsa asked the Supreme Court, pictured, to allow it to enforce municipal ordinances against Native Americans.Lawrence Hurley

, Justice Brett Kavanaugh noted that the litigation will continue in lower courts and that the city may have alternative arguments that could succeed. He also said that nothing prevents the city from"continuing to enforce its municipal laws against all persons, including Indians." The city and surrounding area fall within the jurisdiction of what are known as the"five tribes" of Oklahoma, although there are numerous other tribes in the state. The five tribes — the Muscogee , Seminole, Cherokee, Choctaw and Chickasaw — were forcibly moved west in the 19th century in the traumatic event known as the Trail of Tears. Tulsa itself sits on Muscogee and Cherokee lands

Tribes responded that the city could remedy the problem by expanding the implementation of cross-deputization agreements with tribal police, which are already commonplace in the state.

 

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