Anybody got a short explanation of Indian Tribal lands in Oklahoma?

[dennishoddy]

Owning only certain depths of soil on a property? Federal cops? No private land ownership? Boy it sounds like natives have it great…

Only when the last tree has died, the last river been poisoned, and the last fish been caught… will you realize you can’t eat money

It’s all in the treaty’s.

 

[Shadowrider]

Not minerals in Osage County. You only own the top 12” of the property. If minerals like rocks are on the surface, you can’t disturb them without a permit from the tribe. SCOTUS recently affirmed this.

You are correct about Osage County. The minerals in the entire county are owned by the tribe. That is the only County in Oklahoma like that and likely the reason I have never worked Osage too.

 

[SoonerP226]

Owning only certain depths of soil on a property?

If you live in Oklahoma, chances are you don't own what's under the surface. The mineral rights for a lot of (perhaps most) properties in Oklahoma were severed from the surface rights decades ago.

 

[BobbyV]

Not minerals in Osage County. You only own the top 12” of the property. If minerals like rocks are on the surface, you can’t disturb them without a permit from the tribe. SCOTUS recently affirmed this.

Surface rights and mineral rights are jacked up across the entire state.