Brett Chapman

I appreciate being quoted as an authority on federal Indian law in this story on an important tribal sovereignty case in federal court against state overreach in Oklahoma! It’s a shame Tribes always have to fight to enforce their sovereign treaty rights!

Judge will let tribal sovereignty case against Oklahoma DAs continue The long, complex and disputed tail of the McGirt tribal sovereignty case continues in federal court with a challenge against state prosecutors.

City of Tulsa wins another tribal jurisdiction appeal in Keith Stitt's case The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed again that the city can prosecute tribal members who commit minor offenses in Indian Country, even if it is the governor’s brother.