The Muscogee Nation filed suit in federal courts Jan. 30 against Carol Iski, District Attorney for the 25th District covering Okmulgee and McIntosh Counties, and Matthew Ballard, District Attorney for the 12th District covering Rogers, Mayes and Craig Counties.
The Muscogee Nation’s suit alleges these District Att orneys are unlawfully prosecuting Indians for alleged crimes occurring within the Muscogee Na t i o n’s Reservation boundaries despite the U.S.
Supreme Court’s ruling in McGirt v. Oklahoma, which affirmed that the Nation’s treaty-defined reservation boundaries remain intact, and that states and their political subdivisions accordingly have no criminal jurisdiction over Indians within those boundar- ies absent congressional authorization…