Drummond warns wildlife agency about ticketing tribal members

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Oklahoma's Attorney General has ordered the state wildlife agency to stop enforcing hunting and fishing laws against tribal members on reservations.

The warning follows a recent incident where a game warden ticketed a Choctaw citizen for hunting without a state license on the Choctaw reservation.

This conflict is part of an ongoing dispute over tribal sovereignty, with tribes asserting their right to regulate hunting and fishing for their members.

Attorney General Gentner Drummond has warned the state's wildlife agency to stop enforcing state hunting and fishing laws against tribal members on Oklahoma reservations.

In a letter to Wade Free, director of the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation, Drummond chided the agency head after a game warden recently t