Motion filed to dismiss Kialegee federal suit

WASHINGTON — The federal government is pushing back against an Oklahoma tribal town’s claims that it has equal authority over a recently reinstated reservation.

On Friday afternoon, attorneys for the U.S. Department of the Interior, Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke and acting Assistant Secretary of Indian Affairs John Tahsuda filed a motion with the Federal District Court of the District of Columbia to dismiss a lawsuit from the Kialegee Tribal Town.

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