Chickasaw and Choctaw Nations Sue Oklahoma over Water Rights Guaranteed by the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the complaint, Chickasaw Nation v. Fallin (W.D. Okla.):

Chickasaw & Choctaw Water Rights Complaint

And news articles in the NYTs here and here.

3 thoughts on “Chickasaw and Choctaw Nations Sue Oklahoma over Water Rights Guaranteed by the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek”

  1. TerritoryMom August 22, 2011 / 7:55 am

    Thanks for getting this information. I’ve linked my readers to your site. This is a very important issue here in Oklahoma.

  2. CandyO August 22, 2011 / 5:41 pm

    My fathers ancestors of the Chickasaw Tribe was given water rights for the water that crossed the Red River when he built the Red River Bridge and the Colberts Ferry that crossed over to Texas for as long as the river flowed and the grass growed… this was approved by the Chickasaws and the Choctaws.

  3. Sammike McNeal Jr. June 18, 2013 / 9:57 am

    I’m a native Chickasaw and Choctaws tribe member sad to say that millions of areas of land were taken from my tribes members without fair compensation. President Jackson disregarded the Supreme Court ruling and forced the tribes to leave there land. It was wrong old trikbe members and young members died on the way to Oklahoma. Descendants of tribe members should have the entitlement rights to be conpensated for the ill treatment their ancestors.

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