[ConorMacNessa]

Of course, the original thirteen were sovereign states who ceded power to the Federal Government at the inception of the Republic, but Oklahoma derives its status from an act of the Federal Government authorized by the Constitution. From where does their sovereignty derive?

[SeeSharp]

Of course, the original thirteen were sovereign states who ceded power to the Federal Government at the inception of the Republic, but Oklahoma derives its status from an act of the Federal Government authorized by the Constitution. From where does their sovereignty derive?

The original thirteen did not cede power to the federal government. They delegated it. Oklahoma and all other subsequent states derive their sovereignty the same way the original 13 did. By popular mandate. The federal government merely acted as an agent in the creation of the later states.