Bill Anoatubby of the Chickasaw Nation Thursday. Under the agreement, the state of Oklahoma has the authority to manage the water at Sardis Lake. But the Choctaws and Chickasaws will also get a ...

It is about 150 miles southeast of Oklahoma City, near the town of Clayton ... authority to administer water, creates a tribal role in managing water resources and reserves a share of Sardis Lake ...

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 ...