NIWRC Testifies at House Subcommittee Hearing on Castro-Huerta Ruling


"Such a grant of jurisdiction to States inevitably results in a decrease in federal resources, a decrease in prosecutions, and an increase in violent crimes against our Native people."

On Tuesday, September 20, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. ET, Mary Kathryn Nagle testified on behalf of NIWRC at the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States (SCIP) oversight hearing, “Examining Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta: The Implications of the Supreme Court's Ruling on Tribal Sovereignty.”

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