Oklahoma

===Local government===
{{See also|List of counties in Oklahoma}}
The state is divided into 77 [[County (United States)|counties]] that govern locally, each headed by a three-member council of elected commissioners, a tax assessor, clerk, [[court clerk]], treasurer, and [[Sheriffs in the United States|sheriff]].<ref>{{cite web|date=January 6, 2006 |publisher=Government of Oklahoma |access-date=August 1, 2007 |url=http://www.state.ok.us/osfdocs/county.html |title=List of County Officers |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070531193042/http://www.state.ok.us/osfdocs/county.html |archive-date=May 31, 2007 }}</ref> While each municipality operates as a separate and independent local government with executive, legislative and judicial power, county governments maintain jurisdiction over both incorporated cities and non-incorporated areas within their boundaries, and have executive power but no legislative or judicial power. Both county and municipal governments collect taxes, employ a separate police force, hold elections, and operate emergency response services within their jurisdiction.<ref name="citygov" /><ref>{{cite news|first=Don |last=Diehl |url=http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?BRD=2754&dept_id=573976&newsid=18622071&PAG=461&rfi=9 |date=July 24, 2007 |title=Metro About Jenks population figures ... doubled in size since 2000 census |publisher=Neighbor Newspapers |access-date=August 1, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930015351/http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?BRD=2754&dept_id=573976&newsid=18622071&PAG=461&rfi=9 |archive-date=September 30, 2007 }}</ref> Other local government units include [[school district]]s, technology center districts, community college districts, rural fire departments, rural water districts, and other special use districts.

Thirty-nine Native American tribal governments are based in Oklahoma, each holding limited powers within designated areas. While [[Indian reservation]]s are typical in most of the United States, they are not present in Oklahoma, tribal governments hold land granted during the Indian Territory era, but with limited jurisdiction and no control over state governing bodies such as municipalities and counties. Tribal governments are recognized by the United States as quasi-sovereign entities with executive, judicial, and legislative powers over tribal members and functions, but are subject to the authority of the [[United States Congress]] to revoke or withhold certain powers. The tribal governments are required to submit a constitution and any subsequent amendments to the United States Congress for approval.<ref>{{cite news |first=Robert|last=Henry| url=http://www.oscn.net/applications/oscn/DeliverDocument.asp?CiteID=61934| date=March 22, 1989|title= Oklahoma Attorney General's Opinions: Question Submitted by: The Honorable Enoch Kelly Haney, Oklahoma State Senate| publisher=The Oklahoma State Courts Network | access-date=August 21, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Lindsay|last=Robertson|url=http://thorpe.ou.edu/guide/robertson.html|year=2001|title=Native Americans and the Law: Native Americans Under Current United States Law|publisher=[[University of Oklahoma]]|access-date=August 21, 2007|archive-date=April 16, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120416012037/http://thorpe.ou.edu/guide/robertson.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Oklahoma has 11 substate districts including the two large Councils of Governments, INCOG in Tulsa (Indian Nations Council of Governments) and ACOG (Association of Central Oklahoma Governments).