38 reasons why Oklahoma is a Red State

[Hellbilly]

 

[johngaltshrugged]

It doesn't even mention Osage Nation, right where I live

Never mind- found it

 

[EvilEyeFleegle]

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They called them Indian Territories for a reason.

Then oil was discovered...and stolen...and finally, beginning to be recovered

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/07/17/supreme-court-oklahoma-oil-/

As the fight goes on--



Not long after Richard Lonsinger began receiving his first quarterly checks from the BIA, he began to educate himself about the history of the headright system. "I dove into really what it is and what it means," he says.
In addition to the complex and violent history, Lonsinger also began to learn about the present-day legal battles over the control and management of the trust. One series of lawsuits, grouped under the name Fletcher v. The United States, alleges financial mismanagement and a lack of transparency on the part of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Another, brought by the Osage tribe itself, resulted in a settlement of 380 million dollars for headright holders in 2011.
One big sticking point is the issue of non-Osage headright holders. According to reporting from Bloomberg News, a quarter of all headright payments go to non-Osages. Businesses, schools, churches, and individuals not affiliated with the Osage Nation, have all somehow become headright holders.
Lonsinger likens the government's unwillingness to offer a fuller accounting of how headright holders' money is flowing to a relic from the past. "It's like reading a piece of history of what it used to be in the 1800s towards Native American," he says.
In 2018, Lonsinger was recruited to join a new iteration of the Fletcher v. The United States lawsuits as a plaintiff in a class action. The lead lawyer on the case, Jason Aamodt, believed that adding Lonsinger, a Native American non-Osage headright holder, would strengthen the case. For Lonsinger, helping to fight for what he sees as Indigenous rights in the courts has been deeply meaningful on a personal level.
"I'm so proud that I have an opportunity to be a part of this case. It means something, you know?" says Lonsinger. "Here I felt like I wasn't part of something, but I'm part of something that's much bigger."
In the decade since Richard first tried to get his share of his birth mother's headright, he has had a lot of time to think about its significance, and who he thinks should own it. A few years ago, he made a decision about what should happen to his headright after he dies. In his estate planning he made it clear that he wants his headright to be left to the Osage Nation.

 

[MarathonMike]

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Wow all those tribes just in Oklahoma? I like the Kikapoo the best, they made Joy Juice if I'm not mistaken.

 

[Moonglow]

It doesn't even mention Osage Nation, right where I live

Never mind- found it

You uhm, live in Okiehoma?

 

[Moonglow]

Wow all those tribes just in Oklahoma? I like the Kikapoo the best, they made Joy Juice if I'm not mistaken.

The Choctah made beer that was rather popular in the 1970-80s.

 

[MarathonMike]

The Choctah made beer that was rather popular in the 1970-80s.

I don't think it made it out East where I was.

 

[Moonglow]

I don't think it made it out East where I was.

No, it was a local issue since Oklahoma was a dry state.