Tag Archives: Oklahoma

Cherokee Nation juggles tribal sovereignty with Trumpers in a red state

Posted on January 15, 2021 by Stephen Carr Hampton

In light of its newly recognized reservation, Cherokee Nation, and all of Oklahoma’s 38 tribal nations, finds themselves in the crosshairs between tribal sovereignty and Trumpism, between protecting the environment and Big Oil. In the July 2020 McGirt decision, the … Continue reading →

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Barr schmoozes the Cherokee: bringing Covid and taking sovereignty?

Posted on October 5, 2020 by Stephen Carr Hampton

Attorney General William Barr spent most of Wednesday, September 30, at Cherokee Nation (CN). This was Day 4 after he attended the infamous Amy Coney Barrett reception at the White House, the presumed COVID super-spreader event now known as the … Continue reading →

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Drama on the Rez: Big Oil, Oklahoma, and Trump put the Five Tribes under pressure

Posted on July 24, 2020 by Stephen Carr Hampton

With the ink barely dry on the Supreme Court ruling that eastern Oklahoma is in fact reservation land of the Creek, Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Seminole, the Five Tribes are under pressure to relinquish some of their new-found sovereignty. The … Continue reading →

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My White Privilege

Posted on June 24, 2019 by Stephen Carr Hampton

My father was born on a small farm in Delaware County, Oklahoma in 1925. At the time it was one of the poorest counties in the poorest state in the nation. His parents’ birth certificates say “Indian Territory”. His father, … Continue reading →

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On this date… November 3, 1892… Oklahoma

Posted on November 2, 2015 by Stephen Carr Hampton

On this date in 1892, Ned Christie was killed by US marshals asserting federal sovereignty on Cherokee land.  Ned Christie, branded a Cherokee outlaw, had been on the run for five and a half years.  On this morning, he had … Continue reading →

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