Physical location
Betty June Starr Whelan Cherokee Collection, MS-188
MS188-03-03: Indians III:
Page 4.12
Betty June Starr Whelan Cherokee Collection, MS-188
MS188-03-03: Indians III:
Page 4.12
- Material type
- Newspaper Clippings
- Description
- Indian man Jimmie D. Oyler Sr. claims that the state has no rights over his property because of a Treaty from 1831. This dispute was over a man selling tax-free cigarettes. A Johnson County judge named Earle Jones denied a motion to dismiss the case. Oyler Sr. and his lawyer, Pamela Thompson say the state has no jurisdiction over Oyler's property near De Soto, which has been owned by his family for generations. Assistant District Attorney Melinda Whiteman states that Indians and Indian lands are subjected to state law.
- Author or creator
- Tony Rizzo
- Subjects and names
- Indian land, treaty, trial, court, judge, tax-free, cigarettes, 1831 treaty, court cases.
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