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The Sac and Fox Nation of Oklahoma Code of Laws (Title 13 – Family, Chapter 1 – Marriage & Divorce) requires that marriages consummated in accordance with state law or in accordance with tribal law, which involve a native person, must be recorded with the Clerk of the Tribal District Court.
This is a list of U.S. Supreme Court cases involving Native American Tribes.Included in the list are Supreme Court cases that have a major component that deals with the relationship between tribes, between a governmental entity and tribes, tribal sovereignty, tribal rights (including property, hunting, fishing, religion, etc.) and actions involving members of tribes.
Citizen Potawatomi Nation Supreme Court (2003–2010; Chief Justice: 2010–present) Oklahoma: active: Dustin Rowe [65] [66] Chickasaw Nation District Court (2005–2019); Oklahoma Supreme Court (2019–present) Oklahoma: active: Steve Russell [67] Austin Municipal Court (1978–1982); Travis County Court of Law No. 2 (1982–1995) Texas: retired
The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed [4] the decision of the trial court and the tribe appealed. The Supreme Court granted certiorari. [5] Additionally, the Choctaw Nation used the same pull-tab system and also filed suit in Federal District Court, [6] with the same results as the Chickasaw tribe, and at the Tenth Circuit. [7]
The Osage Nation held a referendum on March 20, 2017 on whether to legalize same-sex marriage on tribal land, and the measure passed with a 52% majority. [36] The Chickasaw Code was amended on April 18, 2022 to allow marriage between any two individuals and to repeal language barring recognition of marriages between persons of the same gender.
The Chickasaw Nation (Chickasaw: Chikashsha IÌ yaakni) is a federally recognized Indigenous nation with headquarters in Ada, Oklahoma, in the United States.The Chickasaw Nation descends from an Indigenous population historically located in the southeastern United States, including present-day northern Mississippi, northwestern Alabama, southwestern Kentucky, and western Tennessee. [1]
Billy Michael Burrage (born June 9, 1950) is a Native American attorney and former United States district judge who served between 1994 and 2001.. A Choctaw Nation citizen born in Durant, Oklahoma, Burrage attended the Southeastern Oklahoma State University and University of Oklahoma College of Law before entering private practice in 1974.
Betsy Love Allen (after 1782 – July 1837) was a Chickasaw merchant and planter who ran a trading post on the Natchez Trace and maintained a large cattle plantation. Born into a wealthy and influential family, she owned property in her own right under Chickasaw law.