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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 ...
The first known victim was Cathy Lyn Shakelford, a member of the Sac and Fox Nation.She ran away at the age of 17 and lived homeless in Oklahoma City. The last sighting of her alive was two months before her death, when she was being treated at the Oklahoma City Hospital.
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 ...
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 ...
According to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, about half of Oklahoma women experience domestic violence in their lifetime. The same study found that 41% of men are also survivors ...
a (prose): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists): Prose is generally well written and understandable by a reader with only a basic grasp of law. Would like to see more varied sentence subjects (i.e. rather than using the state and the tribe, consider switching it up with Oklahoma and the Sac & Fox and other synonyms). Lead ...
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 ...