Part of Oklahoma (kind of) secedes from the United States

[Rain Man]

The Supreme Court ruled today that a big chunk of Oklahoma is actually a Native American reservation, including most of Tulsa. Apparently this impacts what laws apply, so state law may not exist in Tulsa any more.

Link below. Apparently the Muscogee Indians argued that their reservation was never officially taken away when Oklahoma became a state. The government believed that statehood rendered the reservation moot, but the Supreme Court disagrees. So as of today we now have an enormous reservation that apparently controls Tulsa, and I bet they buy Dan Snyder's team once they kill off all of the illegal settlers and take their stuff.

I wonder about the other Indian lands now. It seems like other Indian tribes can make the same argument.

https://theturtleislandnews.com/inde...l-reservation/

[RealSNR]

So the only remaining (kind of) state of Oklahoma is the panhandle?

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by RealSNR

So the only remaining (kind of) state of Oklahoma is the panhandle?

It's hard to figure out, but I think the new reservation is the Muscogee area in the middle of the map. I think there are other reservations that exist already, too. But I'm wondering if all of those Indian lands in the map will hop on the bandwagon.

[Discuss Thrower]

If the local tribes are savvy then they'd turn Tulsa into a tax haven.

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by Discuss Thrower

If the local tribes are savvy then they'd turn Tulsa into a tax haven.

I'm curious what happens if you own a house or business there. Doesn't the tribe own everything on the reservation? I could be wrong on that, and maybe different tribes do things differently.

[RINGLEADER]

Originally Posted by Discuss Thrower

If the local tribes are savvy then they'd turn Tulsa into a tax haven.

United States of Amazon.

Seriously, that’s a great idea — plus centrally located for shipping and manufacturing.

[PHOG]

Originally Posted by RINGLEADER

United States of Amazon.

Seriously, that’s a great idea — plus centrally located for shipping and manufacturing.

Actually, they are hiring 1500 workers here in Tulsa at Amazon. They may be ahead of the game.

https://www.tulsaworld.com/business/...f6ef08cd5.html

[BigRedChief]

Wellll we all know we ****ed over the Indians. Here lay down your arms. We will give you this worthless land. Binding legal agreements signed. Later it has value, sorry our bad, GTFO

[threebag]

Originally Posted by BigRedChief

Wellll we all know we ****ed over the Indians. Here lay down your arms. We will give you this worthless land. Binding legal agreements signed. Later it has value, sorry our bad, GTFO

They did give them some nice wool blankets for the winter months

[Halfcan]

I guess the residents in these areas will have to be put on a long march somewhere to be relocated.

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by Halfcan

I guess the residents in these areas will have to be put on a long march somewhere to be relocated.

That would be unprecedented. Well, almost.

[BigRedChief]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

That would be unprecedented. Well, almost.

well played sir, well played.

[LiveSteam]

Trail of beers

[vailpass]

Originally Posted by LiveSteam

Trail of beers

Winner

[Rain Man]

Apparently this all came about because a convicted pedophile argued that the state couldn't prosecute him because the land was actually Native land and not the state. He threw up a complete hail mary that's going to cause all sorts of problems, and may actually work for him.