"Indian Law in Oklahoma" was first aired on Sunday December 16th 2007. Our Guest was Kirke Kickingbird, Attorney at Law. Our topics included:- Approximately number of Indian tribes in Oklahoma
- Basic sovereignty questions that arise between the tribes, the State and the U.S. Government
- How this plays out in every day life from the standpoint of taxes, license fees, and other areas
- Discuss Oklahoma tribes and their commercial activities and how that has changed in the past few years
- Has Indian gaming, from an overall prospective, been good or bad for the tribes
- Number of Indian gaming facilities and possibility of continuing expansion
- Indian law and its relationship to Oklahoma law and U.S. law
- Indian Child Welfare Act (U.S. law) and its impact on Indian families
- Should lawyers taking the bar exam in Oklahoma have questions about Indian law on the exam
- What he foresees in the future for either the expansion or the contraction of the influence of the Indian tribes and their laws in Oklahoma
 Kirke Kickingbird, Mick Cornett, Kent Meyers
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