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Commissioners raise alarm over Department of the Interior opinion on UKB land-into-trust in Cherokee Nation reservation
Summary
Members of the Greater Tulsa Area Indian Affairs Commission discussed a solicitor opinion issued late by the previous federal administration that the United Keetoowah Band (UKB) may take land into trust and have exclusive jurisdiction for a 76-acre parcel, calling the opinion unprecedented and potentially disruptive to tribal sovereignty.
At the Jan. 28 meeting the commission discussed a recent Department of the Interior solicitor opinion issued near the end of the prior administration that found the United Keetoowah Band (UKB) may have land taken into trust within the Cherokee Nation reservation and asserted exclusive jurisdiction over a roughly 76-acre trust parcel.
Commission members said the opinion was issued without taking account of ongoing federal court cases and…
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