Tuesday, June 2, 2026 — 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% of their cases at the U.S. Supreme Court. Now, they are winning 70% of those cases. That’s from an analysis just put out by the Tribal Supreme Court Project in conjunction with its 25th anniversary. We’ll look at some of those wins and losses and what they add up to a quarter century later. We’ll 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 — and the Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled against a novel jurisdiction agreement between the Muscogee Nation and the city of Tulsa, Okla. GUESTS 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 Break 1 Music : Hatchet (song) Blaine Bailey (artist) Indian Country (album) Break 2 Music : Trick Song (song) Battle River (artist) Hard Times (album)

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Tuesday, June 2, 2026 — A focus on Native legal rights bears fruit is an episode from Native America Calling by Koahnic.

This episode is 56:30 long.

This episode was published on Jun 2, 2026.

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