MVSKOKE RESERVATION – A Mvskoke citizen smoke shop owner recently provided Mvskoke Media a copy of an email that appears to be from the Oklahoma Tax Commission to an unnamed tobacco wholesaler. The email contains a signature block for Jondra Rupp, Tobacco Excise Tax Senior Specialist at the OTC. The email states:
The following tribe’s tobacco compact extensions have expired effective March 31st, 2025. Muscogee Creek Nation, Osage Nation, Quapaw Tribe of Oklahoma, and Seminole Nation. All tobacco sales to these tribes will be at full rate and cigarette sales should have the green stamp applied to all packs as of April 1, 2025 until further notice.
Mvskoke Media has contacted the OTC to confirm the content of the email but has not received a response as of press time…