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Oklahoma Tax Commission v. Sac & Fox Nation, 508 U.S. 114 (1993), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that absent explicit congressional direction to the contrary, it must be presumed that a State does not have jurisdiction to tax tribal members who live and work in Indian country, whether the particular territory consists of a formal or informal reservation ...
The Sac and Fox Oklahoma Tribal Statistical Area (OTSA) is the land base in Oklahoma governed by the tribe. The two other Sac and Fox tribes are the Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa and the Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska. The Sac and Fox tribes have historically been closely allied, and continue to be in the ...
Editor's note: This story includes discussion of domestic violence. If you or someone you know needs help, please call 800-799-7233.. Oklahoma lawmakers are one step away from closing a gap in a ...
In its annual 2023 report, the Oklahoma Domestic Violence Fatality Review Board said the 2022 total of domestic violence-related homicide victims marked four consecutive years in which more than ...
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma (1979–present) Oklahoma: inactive: Debra Shopteese (Sac and Fox Nation) [70] [71] Massachusetts State District Court (2011–present) Massachusetts: active: Barbara Smith (Chickasaw Nation) [72] District Court Judge for the Chickasaw Nation; Supreme Court of the Chickasaw ...
Editor's note: This story includes discussion of domestic violence. If you or someone you know needs help, please call 800-799-7233.. A gap in a state law meant to help domestic violence victims ...
Justin Freeland Wood (born December 23, 1989) is an American politician who most recently served as the Principal Chief of the Sac and Fox Nation in Oklahoma. [1] A member of the Republican Party, Wood previously represented the 26th District in the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 2012 to 2016, when he did not seek reelection.
Still, 2022 marked the fourth consecutive where the review board identified more than 100 victims killed in domestic violence. Oklahoma averaged 114 domestic homicide victims between 2019 and 2022 ...