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US top court expands state power over Native land in Oklahoma

The decision scales back a ruling from 2020 that said a large chunk of eastern Oklahoma remains a Native territory [File: Patrick Semansky/AP Photo]

The US Supreme Court has ruled that Oklahoma can prosecute non-Native Americans for crimes committed on tribal land when the victim is Native American.

The five-to-four decision on Wednesday cut back on the high court’s ruling from 2020 that said a large chunk of eastern Oklahoma remains a Native territory.

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