"The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected Oklahoma's attempt to narrow the definition of "Indian" in criminal cases as it sought to reclaim more jurisdiction in the wake of the McGirt case.
Without comment, justices declined to review the state’s appeals in the cases of Robert Eric Wadkins and Emmitt Sam. In both cases, the state of Oklahoma wanted the high court to rule that the men should not have been deemed Indians because they were not members of a tribe when their crimes were committed.
Instead, the Supreme Court on Tuesday let stand the rulings by the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals that the men proved their Indian blood and tribal connections through means other than official tribal membership."
From Chris Casteel's article in The Oklahoman published October 11, 2022, linked below:
https://www.yahoo.com/now/supreme-court-rejects-oklahoma-attempt-140808655.html
Links to Oklahoma v. Wadkins:
https://turtletalk.blog/2022/05/31/oklahomas-indian-stats-cert-petition/
Court of Criminal Appeals' decision rendered in Wadkins - January 20, 2022:
http://www.okcca.net/cases/2022/OK-CR-2/
And,
https://turtletalk.blog/2022/10/12/scotus-denies-cert-in-oklahoma-indian-status-case/