A Supreme Court ruling barred Oklahoma from prosecuting crimes committed by Native Americans on tribal land, but some Black tribal members are still being prosecuted because they lack “Indian blood.”
As Representative Josh Brecheen travels his district preparing his constituents for a debt showdown, his pitch reflects how the party has intertwined its spending fight with cultural battles.
A witness had been invited to join the men to “hit a lick big enough for all of them,” or to engage in some kind of criminal behavior, a police chief said on Monday.