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· 3/25/1980

Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma v. The State of Oklahoma

Citations

  • 618 F.2d 665
  • 1980 U.S. App. LEXIS 19281

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that lands held in trust by the United States for the Tribes are Indian country within the meaning of § 1151(a)
  • holding no state authority over Indians in Indian Country unless expressly conferred by Congress
  • finding unauthorized state prosecutions of Indians in Indian Country would cause irreparable injury to tribal sovereignty
  • hunting and fishing rights on allotments and tribal trust lands survive disestablishment of reservation
  • hunting and fishing rights on allotments and tribal trust lands survive disestablishment of reservation

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Judges: McWilliams, Breitenstein, Logan

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