Concerns, questions, and tensions mount around new OHP tribal tag enforcement

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Concerns, questions, and tensions mount around new OHP tribal tag enforcement

Fri, 11/17/2023 - 13:26
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Last week, an Oklahoma Highway Patrol (OHP) trooper ticketed a tribal citizen with a current Otoe-Missouria Tribe license plate for failing to pay state taxes. The citizen was initially pulled over for speeding near Enid, before then being issued a $249 traffic citation for failing to pay state taxes on their motor vehicle, because they did not live on tribal land. This ticketing has generated…

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