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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 ...
Ornamental hair comb by Bruce Caesar (Pawnee-Sac and Fox), 1984, of German silver, Oklahoma History Center. Like many other Native American tribes, the Pawnee had a cosmology with elements of all of nature represented in it. They based many rituals in the four cardinal directions.
Feb. 20—If passed, a state bill would expand Oklahoma's domestic abuse definitions — a contested point in Rebecca Hogue's trial and sentencing — but with questionable large-scale effectiveness.
Verified News Network (VNN) Oklahoma began researching and reporting on the April Wilkens case in early 2021. Their coverage highlighted Oklahoma’s systemic failures in addressing domestic violence and how Wilkens’ case illustrates the broader issues of criminalized survivors within the state’s justice system, particularly relating to women.
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 ...