September 2020

News

Supreme Court ruling could rewrite history textbooks

By Bradley Gernand History changed in a single day with the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling affirming tribal sovereignty in eastern Oklahoma.

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First modern-day Choctaw jury trial ends in conviction

By Shelia Kirven On July 20, 2020, the first modern-day jury trial was held at the Choctaw Nation Judicial Center in Durant. A 39-year-old Choctaw citizen was tried for grand larceny for the theft of a semi-truck full of lumber from the Grant, Oklahoma Travel Plaza on Nov. 3, 2016.