A cockfighting event promoted as a showdown over Indian sovereignty turned out to be a dud when no one brought chickens or fighting paraphernalia.
A member of the Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma scheduled the event to challenge a state law banning cockfighting. Mike Turner, director of the Kiowa Association for Preservation of Cultural and Rural Lifestyles, says the law does not apply on Indian land. The Kiowa Tribe did not sanction the fight.
Local law enforcement said they would arrest anyone who broke the law.
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(The Daily Oklahoman 4/18)
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