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Oklahoma State Supreme Court Narrows McGirt in Tax Ruling
- The Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled on July 1, 2025, that Alicia Stroble, a Muscogee Creek Nation citizen, must pay state income taxes despite living within reservation boundaries in Okmulgee, Oklahoma.
- This ruling followed Stroble's tax exemption claims for 2017-2019 based on the 2020 McGirt decision, which reaffirmed the Muscogee reservation but was limited to criminal jurisdiction.
- The court found Stroble lives on private fee land not held in trust or owned by the tribe, clarifying that the McGirt ruling does not extend to state civil or tax matters.
- Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt described the decision as a major victory for the state’s future, while Muscogee Nation Chief David Hill voiced regret, stating that the ruling contradicts long-established federal law and Oklahoma’s own tax regulations.
- The decision limits expansion of McGirt into tax law, requires tribal citizens living on private lands to pay state taxes, and signals ongoing legal disputes over jurisdiction and tribal-state relations.
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Oklahoma Supreme Court rules tribal citizens living on reservation required to pay state taxes
The Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled that tribal citizens living within the jurisdiction of tribal reservations outlined in McGirt v. Oklahoma are still required to pay state taxes.
Oklahoma State Supreme Court narrows McGirt in tax ruling
In a case surrounding state taxes, the Oklahoma State Supreme Court ruled against tribal claims and narrowed the scope of the U.S. Supreme Court's McGirt ruling.In December 2020, Alicia Stroble filed three Oklahoma Individual Income Tax Returns for the years 2017, 2018, and 2019 and claimed her income as exempt.In order for her income to be exempt it needed to meet three criteria:must be a tribal membermust live on Indian land to which the membe…
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