Chris Hayes
&
Rebecca Nagle
,
Why Is This Happening? The Chris Hayes Podcast
Whose Land with Rebecca Nagle
09 Feb 2021
• 54 min
• EN
Roughly 19 million acres of eastern Oklahoma hung in the balance in the summer of 2020. Before the Supreme Court was a case asking a question crucial to Native land rights - does the United States still honor the treaties signed in the 1800s promising that land to indigenous tribes? And in a landmark 5-4 decision penned by conservative justice Neil Gorsuch, the court ruled that yes, that land remains reservation land. It was a huge win - but what does it mean? Joining us this week is Rebecca Nagle, a member of the Cherokee tribe and host of a phenomenal podcast titled "This Land", detailing the long fight leading up to this moment. Read the McGirt v Oklahoma opinion Listen to Whose Land
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