And the Five Civilized Tribes of Oklahoma - Chickasaw, Choctaw, Muscogee Creek, Cherokee and Seminole - are under pressure for excluding would-be tribal members with black bloodlines.

The Oklahoman spoke with four Native state officials. Their tribal nations were all affected by the McGirt decision. Here’s ...

Five Black men, including a child and two teenagers, were lynched by white mobs, according to the Equal Justice Initiative.