Rep. Cole, Lucas, Mullin and Russell Introduce Amendment To Discriminatory Five Civilized Tribes Land Bill
Congressman Tom Cole (OK-04) released the following statement after introducing the Stigler Act Amendment of 2017, along with Congressmen Lucas, Mullin and Russell. This legislation amends the Stigler Act of 1947, which restricts Native American allotted land to only persons of ½ degree of Native American blood heritage.