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Tulsa tribal litigation stays in flux as city negotiates consent decree and state seeks to intervene
Summary
At the Greater Tulsa Area Indian Affairs Commission meeting, commissioners heard an update that the Muscogee (Creek) Nation's suit against the City of Tulsa remains unresolved while city negotiators and tribal leaders move toward a consent decree and another party seeks to join the case.
Acting chair (name not specified) told the Greater Tulsa Area Indian Affairs Commission that negotiations are underway between the City of Tulsa and the Muscogee (Creek) Nation over a lawsuit that seeks to limit certain municipal arrests of Native American citizens following the Supreme Court's McGirt decision.
The vice chair's update said the city had paused active defense of the case after the new mayor's office sought negotiated terms with the Muscogee Nation; those talks have produced draft consent-decree language that city legal staff are reviewing. The speaker characterized the negotiations as an effort to balance public-safety concerns with tribal sovereignty, and said further meetings of city and tribal leaders are scheduled.
Commissioners were also told that a third party has filed a motion in the case seeking to intervene. The transcript…
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