Editing Oklahoma (section)

=== 21st century ===

On May 31, 2016, several cities experienced [[May 2016 North American storm complex|record setting flooding]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Sutton |first=Joe |url=http://www.kpax.com/story/32107818/seven-dead-after-record-setting-floods-in-texas-kansas |title=Seven dead after record-setting floods in Texas, Kansas—KPAX.com &#124; Continuous News &#124; Missoula & Western Montana |website=KPAX.com |date=April 28, 2016 |access-date=June 3, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160602235851/http://www.kpax.com/story/32107818/seven-dead-after-record-setting-floods-in-texas-kansas |archive-date=June 2, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://weather.com/forecast/regional/news/plains-rain-flood-threat-wettest-may-ranking |title=Texas and Oklahoma Set All-Time Record Wet Month; Other May Rain Records Shattered in Arkansas, Nebraska |website=Weather.com |access-date=June 3, 2016}}</ref>

[[File:Boundaries_of_the_Five_Tribes_in_1866.svg|thumb|The former reservations of the [[Five Civilized Tribes]] in dispute in ''[[McGirt v. Oklahoma]]'']]

On July 9, 2020, the [[Supreme Court of the United States]] determined in ''[[McGirt v. Oklahoma]]'' that the reservations of the Five Tribes, comprising much of Eastern Oklahoma, were never disestablished by Congress and thus are still "Indian Country" for the purposes of criminal law.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/09/us/supreme-court-oklahoma-mcgirt-creek-nation.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200709142918/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/09/us/supreme-court-oklahoma-mcgirt-creek-nation.html |archive-date=2020-07-09 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Supreme Court Rules Nearly Half of Oklahoma is Indian Reservation |website=[[The New York Times]] |date=July 9, 2020 |access-date=July 9, 2020|last1=Healy |first1=Jack |last2=Liptak |first2=Adam }}</ref>

Later decisions by the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals also found the Quapaw Nation,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newson6.com/story/617b31691202230bef62e0d1/oklahoma-court-upholds-tribal-sovereignty-for-quapaw-nation|title=Oklahoma Court Upholds Tribal Sovereignty for Quapaw Nation|access-date=July 25, 2023}}</ref> Ottawa Tribe, Peoria Tribe, and Miami Tribe<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.kosu.org/news/2023-05-17/three-tribal-nations-in-northeast-oklahoma-have-reservation-statuses-recognized|title=Three Tribal Nations in Northeast Oklahoma Have Reservations Statuses Recognized|access-date=July 25, 2023}}</ref> also had existing reservations. The Osage Nation is awaiting for a possible  appellate decision after a district judge had ruled that the Osage reservation was disestablished.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/state/2022/09/03/oklahoma-judge-says-osage-nation-reservation-no-longer-exists-appeal-likely/65468495007/|title=Oklahoma judge says Osage reservation no longer exists|access-date=July 25, 2023}}</ref>