They define what they see as a negotiation versus a demand.

“I think what we also heard from them today is that they don’t believe the Legislature receives any communication from the governor on the talks and the discussions. Kevin Stitt having the most contentious relationship with tribal nations of any Oklahoma governor this century, exactly how compact renewal negotiations will unfold over the next year remains unclear, but House Speaker Charles McCall said after the first session of his two-day interim study that it’s clear tribal leaders “want legislative leaders in the conversation.” Supreme Court decision functionally affirmed nearly half the state as a series of Indian Country reservations, elected officials and attorneys from four large tribal nations spoke Tuesday to members of the Oklahoma House of Representatives about the history of state-tribal compacts on a variety of topics, including tobacco taxation and motor vehicle licensure agreements that were extended one year this summer and that will be the focus of further negotiation in 2024. In the most public and in-depth conversations between tribal and non-tribal leaders since a landmark 2020 U.S.