Kiowa CARES Act money released

CARNEGIE — An injunction barring the Kiowa Tribe from spending its CARES Act money has been formally lifted. With the Kiowa Indian Council approving a budget, Judge Shannon Edwards with the Southern Plains Court of Indian Offenses dissolved an injunction Aug.

Hunter seeks guidance after Creek Nation U.S. Supreme Court decision

OKLAHOMA CITY — In light of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling, Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter is asking the state Court of Criminal Appeals for extra guidance regarding Indigenous inmates.

Tribes Must Step Up Against Gaming Compact Dispute

WASHINGTON — American Indian tribes face “a direct threat to their sovereignty” if they don’t stand up to Oklahoma state government’s effort to manipulate the state’s gaming compacts with the tribes, an official of the nation’s largest Native American group said recently.