The information contained here is for Cherokee citizens, the general public, as well as attorneys and courts. The Office of the Attorney General receives multiple daily inquiries about the effect of the United States Supreme Court decision in McGirt v. Oklahoma on the Cherokee Nation, and our position is clear: the Cherokee Nation Reservation continues to exist today as it has since it was created by the “patents of 1838 and 1846 diminished only by the Treaty of July 19, 1866 and the Act of March 3, 1893.” Cherokee Nation Constitution, Art. II.

The information below will help answer some of the most common questions.

• Cherokee Nation Jurisdiction

• Cross Deputations

• Cherokee Nation Constitution

• Cherokee Nation Judicial Branch

• FullCourt – CN District Court Case Lookup

Agreements allowing municipalities to retain, in the form of a donation, fees, and fines for Cherokee Nation traffic tickets.

Our office cannot provide legal advice to individuals seeking to overturn criminal convictions.

• Cherokee Nation Amicus Brief in Castro-Huerta

• Defendant Brief in Castro-Huerta