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Message: <blockquote data-quote="PBramble" data-source="post: 3390254" data-attributes="member: 5778">But for all intents and purposes, it is about land ownership. From the article:The case sprang from the conviction of Creek member Jimcy McGirt in an Oklahoma court of raping a 4-year-old child on land whose ownership was in dispute in the case.and“But, in seeking to defend the state court judgment below, Oklahoma has put aside whatever procedural defenses it might have and asked us to confirm that the land once given to the Creeks is no longer a reservation today.”Gorsuch flatly rejected that request by the state.Depending on the wording of the treaty and what is or is not allowed on tribal land, this could be a huge change for Oklahoma. I'm not familiar with the rules, regulations and laws on reservation land in Oklahoma. Not just hunting and fishing, but look at the water rights battles going on in this state. This should be interesting to figure out, but I'm sure the tribes will tell us what they expect.</blockquote>