Oklahoma Governor Faces Pushback from Native Americans for "Indian Card" Comments Made on Fux Noise
TAHLEQUAH, Okla. — Last week, during an interview on Tucker Carlson Tonight (Fox News), Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt said in an interview that the state of Oklahoma, including law enforcement, lost its ability to police and prosecute certain people based on whether or not they have—what he called—an “Indian Card.”
Stitt was commenting on the McGirt v. Oklahoma decision, where the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 in July 2020 that a large portion of eastern Oklahoma remains the Creek Nation and that Congress hasn’t taken official actions to disestablish or diminish the reservation.
“This all started when McGirt, a child rapist, showed his ‘Indian Card’ and got his conviction overturned,” Stitt said on Tucker Carlson Live, a popular conservative political talk show.
Ultimately, the McGirt decision means that Native Americans who commit crimes on the reservation, the large portion of eastern Oklahoma including much of Tulsa, can no longer be prosecuted under local or state legal jurisdiction, but by tribal or federal courts instead.
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