In 2011, the Choctaws and Chickasaws sued OKC over the water rights at Sardis Lake in Southeastern Oklahoma. They claimed the water was part of their treaties territory and therefore they should ...

1,000 acres of development on Sardis Lake in North Mississippi could bring new tourism attractions to the area, an official said. The town of Sardis is purchasing the property from the U.S. Army ...

For five years Oklahoma, Oklahoma City and the Choctaw and Chickasaw tribes have fought in federal court — mostly behind closed doors — over Sardis Lake, which is on tribal land southeast of ...

Discussions with the city of Oklahoma City resulted in a mutually agreeable deal, under which it would gain the storage rights to almost 90 percent of the water in Lake Sardis, in return for a ...

A fishing trip with friends turned into tragedy Saturday afternoon on Sardis Lake. According to The Oxford Eagle newspaper, Wesley “Weso” Loptien, 30, of Potlockney, was using a respirator to ...

Colleen Thurston: Yeah, my tribe, Choctaw Nation, was in the process of a very long lawsuit to protect the water in Sardis Lake, which is in the reservation in the southeastern part of the state ...

Oologah Lake. Spencer Creek – temporary closure (all park – closed). Sardis Lake. Sardis Cove – temporary closure camping (only boat ramp open). Skiatook Lake. Bull Creek – temporary ...

A man has died at a lake near Oxford while grabbling for catfish.Wesley Loptien, 30, died Saturday at Sardis Lake after going into the water to catch the fish with his hands, the Oxford Eagle reported ...

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