A Promise Kept - The Muscogee (Creek) Nation and McGirt v. Oklahoma (Hardcover)

"At the end of the Trail of Tears there was a promise," U.S. Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote in the decision issued on July 9, 2020, in the case of McGirt v. Oklahoma. And that promise, made in treaties between the United States and the Muscogee (Creek) Nation more than 150 years earlier, would finally be kept. With the Court's ruling, the full extent of the Muscogee (Creek) Reservation was reaffirmed-meaning that 3.25 million acres of land in Oklahoma, including part of the city of Tulsa, were recognized once again as "Indian Country" as defined by federal law. A Promise Kept explores the circumstances and implications of McGirt v. Oklahoma, likely the most significant Indian law case in well over 100 years. Combining legal analysis and historical context, this book gives an in-depth, accessible account of how the case unfolded and what it might mean for Oklahomans, the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, and other tribes throughout the United States. For context, Robbie Ethridge traces the long history of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation from its inception in present-day Georgia and Alabama in the seventeenth century; through the tribe's rise to regional prominence in the colonial era, the tumultuous years of Indian Removal, and the Civil War and allotment; and into its resurgence in Oklahoma in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Against this historical background, Robert J. Miller considers McGirt v. Oklahoma, examining important related cases, precedents that informed the Court's decision, and future ramifications-legal, civil, regulatory, and practical-for the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, federal Indian law, the United States, the state of Oklahoma, and Indian nations in Oklahoma and elsewhere. Their work clarifies the stakes of a decision that, while long overdue, raises numerous complex issues profoundly affecting federal, state, and tribal relations and law-and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future.

General

Imprint:	University of Oklahoma Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	2023
Authors:	Robert J. Miller • Robbie Ethridge
Dimensions:	229 x 152mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	308
ISBN-13:	978-0-8061-9171-3
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > History of other lands Books > Law > Laws of other jurisdictions & general law > Criminal law Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Indigenous peoples Books > Law > Laws of other jurisdictions & general law > Constitutional & administrative law > General Books > Law > Laws of other jurisdictions & general law > Social law > General Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945 Books > Law > Laws of other jurisdictions & general law > Financial, taxation, commercial, industrial law > Financial law > Taxation law Books > History > American history > General Books > History > History of other lands Books > History > World history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945 Promotions
LSN:	0-8061-9171-6
Barcode:	9780806191713

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