McGirt ruling creates havoc for police, sheriffs and victims in ‘Indian Country’

McALESTER — Nellie Meashintubby believes that tribal sovereignty means the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma should have not only criminal jurisdiction over Native Americans within its reservation, but should govern in civil matters, too. The 60-year-old McAlester resident said a year after Oklahoma’s appellate court applied the landmark U.S. Supreme Court to the Choctaw Nation, of which she’s a member…