Muscogee (Creek) Nation v. City of Henryetta, Oklahoma

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MUSCOGEE (CREEK) NATION, ) NOV 18 2023 a federally recognized Indian tribe, ) BONMIE HACKLER Plaintiff, ) ST OE Vv. 25-CV-227-JAR CITY OF HENRYETTA, OKLAHOMA Defendant. OPINION AND ORDER DENYING THE MOTION TO DISMISS This Court cannot rewrite Oklahoma’s history, nor is it concerned with its politics. Its duty is narrower: to apply the Constitution, federal case law, and the treaties as they were written. The boundary between state authority and tribal sovereignty in Indian country was marked long before this dispute arose, and nothing in this record suggests…