{"id":9695,"date":"2021-06-12T22:24:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-12T22:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsletters.asucollegeoflaw.com\/ilp\/?p=9695"},"modified":"2021-06-30T00:38:29","modified_gmt":"2021-06-30T00:38:29","slug":"mcgirt-v-oklahoma-supreme-court-decision-treaties-upheld","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/newsletters.asucollegeoflaw.com\/ilp\/2021\/06\/12\/mcgirt-v-oklahoma-supreme-court-decision-treaties-upheld\/","title":{"rendered":"McGirt v. Oklahoma Supreme Court Decision: Treaties Upheld"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"9695\" class=\"elementor elementor-9695\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-27a4e8cf elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"27a4e8cf\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6a420beb\" data-id=\"6a420beb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a39dab elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4a39dab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"584\" height=\"292\" src=\"http:\/\/newsletters.asucollegeoflaw.com\/ilp\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/9\/files\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/Header-Mcgirt-blog2.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/newsletters.asucollegeoflaw.com\/ilp\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/9\/files\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/Header-Mcgirt-blog2.png 1000w, http:\/\/newsletters.asucollegeoflaw.com\/ilp\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/9\/files\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/Header-Mcgirt-blog2-300x150.png 300w, http:\/\/newsletters.asucollegeoflaw.com\/ilp\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/9\/files\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/Header-Mcgirt-blog2-768x384.png 768w, http:\/\/newsletters.asucollegeoflaw.com\/ilp\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/9\/files\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/Header-Mcgirt-blog2-500x250.png 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-215368f3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"215368f3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>On July 9, 2020, the Supreme Court issued its decision in <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/click.e.asu.edu\/?qs=a76eec96b7a1aa1e55504b78746c1910e2f01ec56340eea77638aaeee8de40a064b8d34e4ebe502f6c18437babcdc3475ce7c01604d31716\"><i>McGirt v. Oklahoma<\/i><\/a><\/strong> and affirmed that the Muscogee Creek Nation\u2019s reservation was never disestablished. The majority opinion strongly affirmed what Native people have known: Treaty rights are the Supreme Law of the land and do not fade with time. This historic decision is a strong vindication of the Muscogee Creek Nation\u2019s treaty and a promising decision for all treaties.\u00a0<\/p><p>In their 2L year,\u00a0<strong>Dylan West<\/strong>\u00a0(Choctaw) and\u00a0<strong>Blair Tarman<\/strong>\u00a0(Chickasaw) assisted <strong>Professor Stacy Leeds<\/strong> (Cherokee) on the Cherokee Nation\u2019s amicus brief. \u00a0Read the amicus brief on behalf of Cherokee\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/click.e.asu.edu\/?qs=a76eec96b7a1aa1ef3a559e14d059522b43ee5635b78da120ad6c84f915e58f8db344b728daa25c65fe50d4390072474ea6aff619048fd18\">here<\/a><\/strong>. Professor Leeds was the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community distinguished visiting Indian Law professor at ASU Law during Fall 2019 semester and taught Federal Indian law.\u00a0<\/p><p>From this monumental and victorious decision, people of the ILP quickly took action and poured their energy into their work.<\/p><p>In his interview with the Voice of America (VOA) News,\u00a0<strong>Professor Robert Miller\u00a0<\/strong>(Eastern Shawnee)<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>stated, \u201cThe Court is upholding this 1832 treaty that the Creek Nation signed with the United States, and is holding the United States to those promises.\u201d Watch full video\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/click.e.asu.edu\/?qs=a76eec96b7a1aa1e2e529a63c967c434a8d9488efd23c7fbccdbe2abc51370fa97516fe9bc85d8db39f7c3d483f9320b17bacc04002c0504\">here<\/a><\/strong>. Miller also presented,\u00a0\u201cMcGirt v. Oklahoma: Understanding the Decision and its Implications for Indian Country\u201d for the\u00a0Oregon Historical Society. Watch Miller\u2019s presentation\u00a0<strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/click.e.asu.edu\/?qs=a76eec96b7a1aa1e825a76e7e953ae4dd613d13d5b4b4075e0c941ff9fb6ac36aa4b73d44c3f4b9a55853e2a305c715aa97d4905ecd72e1a\">here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p><p><strong>Professor Larry Roberts\u00a0<\/strong>(Oneida) said, \u201ctoday\u2019s decision is a significant win for the Muscogee (Creek) Nation and for Tribal Nations across the country. With the Muscogee (Creek) Nation facing opposition from the Trump Administration, this Court made clear that treaties mean something \u2013 that they are the supreme law of the land,\u201d in his article for ASU\u2019s American Indian Policy Institute blog. Read blog more\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/click.e.asu.edu\/?qs=a76eec96b7a1aa1e4d66da2f65f518ff068c5f7e15f760c37cc443bc11d43b15d645d2a345331c0f7632d0245fd8881a7a200f1d3eb2e5bf\">here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p><p>\u201cThis opinion was not given without opposition, nor does it bar Congress from breaking the treaties in the future,\u201d said rising 2L<strong>\u00a0Taylor Norman\u00a0<\/strong>(Muscogee Creek). \u201cWhat it does mean, however, is that rather than kneel to lazy reasoning or racist objection, the Supreme Court of the United States did not break any treaties today.\u201d Read Norman\u2019s full piece\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/click.e.asu.edu\/?qs=a76eec96b7a1aa1ea071a70b11d570cba9291afd87917d8b8dae6b5b8be2ec470dfb3c4a42951fd5208d8b0cddb4287154554fd0eb2d8196\">here<\/a><\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p><p><strong>Joe Keene<\/strong> (\u201912) (Osage) and <strong>Candace French<\/strong> (\u201917) (Wichita and Affiliated Tribes) recently published an article for Sacks Tierney P.A. summarizing the McGirt case. Read the article <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/click.e.asu.edu\/?qs=a76eec96b7a1aa1e331f9dca0972172007b3a1ff2313fa47d4c397f67c0762a5afba2b3911706176252c3a97cc9e7ec05d460a989520c133\">here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p><p>The\u00a0<em>McGirt\u00a0<\/em>decision sparked many conversations across Indian Country and to help bring further awareness and understanding, the Indian Legal Program hosted a case overview. \u201c<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/player.mediaamp.io\/p\/U8-EDC\/qQivF4esrENw\/embed\/select\/media\/RQY_mxaBpfDD?form=html\">The most significant Indian Law case of the century: McGirt v. Oklahoma<\/a><\/strong>\u201d webinar was held on Thursday, July 23.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-901c92b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"901c92b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/newsletters.asucollegeoflaw.com\/ilp\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/9\/files\/sites\/2\/2020\/07\/McGirt_header_96-300x150.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/newsletters.asucollegeoflaw.com\/ilp\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/9\/files\/sites\/2\/2020\/07\/McGirt_header_96-300x150.png 300w, http:\/\/newsletters.asucollegeoflaw.com\/ilp\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/9\/files\/sites\/2\/2020\/07\/McGirt_header_96-1024x512.png 1024w, http:\/\/newsletters.asucollegeoflaw.com\/ilp\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/9\/files\/sites\/2\/2020\/07\/McGirt_header_96-768x384.png 768w, http:\/\/newsletters.asucollegeoflaw.com\/ilp\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/9\/files\/sites\/2\/2020\/07\/McGirt_header_96-500x250.png 500w, http:\/\/newsletters.asucollegeoflaw.com\/ilp\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/9\/files\/sites\/2\/2020\/07\/McGirt_header_96.png 1333w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a61eccc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a61eccc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n<li><strong>Professor<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Larry Roberts<\/strong>\u00a0(Oneida) \u2013 Moderator, Executive Director of the Indian Gaming and Tribal Self-Governance Program and Professor of Practice at the Sandra Day O\u2019Connor College of Law\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong>Stacy Leeds<\/strong>\u00a0(Cherokee) \u2013 Vice Chancellor for Economic Development, Dean Emeritus and Professor of Law at the University of Arkansas\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong>Professor Robert Miller\u00a0<\/strong>(Eastern Shawnee)\u00a0\u2013 Faculty Director, Rosette LLP American Indian Economic Development Program and Pedrick Distinguished Research Scholar at the Sandra Day O\u2019Connor College of Law\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jonodev Chaudhuri\u00a0<\/strong>(Muscogee Creek Nation)\u00a0\u2013 Ambassador, Muscogee Creek Nation, Partner, Quarles &amp; Brady\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong>Derrick Beetso<\/strong> (\u201910) (Navajo) \u2013 General Counsel, National Congress of American Indian<\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-335ac63 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"335ac63\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>In November, 1L <strong>Ashleigh Fixico <\/strong>(Muscogee Creek Nation)<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/yaledailynews.com\/blog\/2020\/11\/06\/nacc-davenport-host-tea-discussing-mcgirt-v-oklahoma\/\">presented<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0on a panel &#8220;We Hold the Government to Its Word: A Conversation about McGirt v. Oklahoma.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p><p>Since the <em>McGirt<\/em> decision, ILP&#8217;s Federal Indian law experts Professor Leeds and Professor Miller have been called for consultation.\u00a0<\/p><p>Three weeks after the <em>McGirt<\/em> decision, Leeds was appointed a judge for the Muscogee (Creek) Nation\u2014the tribe whose boundaries were affirmed in the decision\u2014and continues to hear cases there throughout the year. She also <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/stacyleeds.com\/research\">published<\/a> <\/strong>two articles about the <em>McGirt<\/em> decision, one dealing with Supreme Court trends and one dealing with Indian taxation.<\/p><p>Professor Miller who not only published his articles, also presented multiple times. Review the full list of his participation <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/newsletters.asucollegeoflaw.com\/ilp\/2021\/06\/10\/professor-robert-j-millers-work-on-the-mcgirt-case\/\">here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p><p>This opinion was released during great strife due to the COVID-19 pandemic and continuing racial injustice, but it has brought renewed hope that in this modern era of self-determination for Indian Country the courts will continue to vindicate the rights our ancestors thoughtfully secured for us.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab64e9d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ab64e9d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>____<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/torey-dolan\/\"><strong>Torey Dolan<\/strong><\/a> (&#8217;19)<br \/>Native Vote Fellow, Indian Legal Clinic, ASU Law<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/danielle-williams-578205aa\/\">Danielle Williams<\/a><br \/>Program Coordinator Sr, Indian Legal Program, ASU Law<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On July 9, 2020, the Supreme Court issued its decision in McGirt v. 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