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- Title
McGirt v Oklahoma and the Right of Indigenous Peoples to Have Their Treaties Concluded with States Respected: Is the Glass Half-Full or Half-Empty?
- Authors
Lenzerini, Federico
- Abstract
The article discusses the U.S. Supreme Court case McGirt v. Oklahoma which concerned a citizen of the Seminole Native American Nation who was convicted and sentenced to life in prison by an Oklahoma State court for serious sexual offenses. He had unsuccessfully argued that state courts lacked jurisdiction to prosecute him because of his Seminole Nation membership and that fact that his crimes took place on the Indian Creek Reservation. Topics discussed include land rights and right to autonomy.
- Subjects
LEGAL status of Native Americans; JURISDICTION -- Lawsuits &; claims; SEMINOLE (North American people); NATIVE American criminals; LAND tenure laws; POLITICAL autonomy
- Publication
Human Rights Law Review, 2021, Vol 21, Issue 2, p486
- ISSN
1461-7781
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/hrlr/ngaa058