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Native America Calling: A focus on Native legal rights bears fruit
Tuesday, June 2, 2026
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A focus on Native legal rights bears fruit
Before a joint legal project between the Native American Rights Fund and the National Congress of American Indians started 25 years ago, tribes were losing 80 percent of their cases at the U.S. Supreme Court.

Now, tribes are winning 70 percent of the cases heard by the highest court in the land. That’s from an analysis just put out by the Tribal Supreme Court Project in conjunction with its 25th anniversary.

Tune into Native America Calling to look at some of those wins and losses and what they add up to a quarter century later.

Also, get updates on two important lawsuits in Oklahoma. A class action lawsuit claims the federal government owes as many as 10,000 Native land owners compensation for oil and gas development.

Meanwhile, the Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled against a novel jurisdiction agreement between the Muscogee Nation and the city of Tulsa, Oklahoma.

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The U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. Photo by Indianz.Com (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)[/caption]

Guests on Native America Calling
Hazel James (Chickasaw), plaintiff in Tyson v. United States

Peggy Immohotichey (Chickasaw), plaintiff in Tyson v. United States

Melody McCoy (Cherokee), senior staff attorney for the Native American Rights Fund

Jason Salsman (Muscogee), press secretary for the Muscogee Nation

Jeffrey Nelson, partner of mctlaw, manager of the Indian Law Practice Group

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