Federal Land Bank of Wichita v. Burris

SUMMERS, Justice:

This Court must now decide whether the state courts of Oklahoma have jurisdiction to foreclose on approved mortgages of restricted Indian land. The issue, one of first impression here, is critical not only to lenders who have accepted mortgages on restricted Indian land but also to individual Indians who would borrow money, using as security their restricted Indian land. Our conclusion is that such foreclosure proceedings are authorized in the District Courts of this state.

The Federal Land Bank of Wichita agreed to loan Jess Burris and Joan Burris seventy-five thousand…