The funds will be spent on everything from public health infrastructure to substance abuse treatment.
Tag: Muscogee (Creek) Nation
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Tulsa and Muscogee (Creek) Nation reach milestone in tribal jurisdiction settlement
The settlement required both governments to meet and align on practices related to municipal citations, arrests and detentions involving tribal citizens.
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Tulsa mobile paternity testing clinic is helping Creek Freedmen prove their lineage
After a court ruling opened the door for Freedmen to become Muscogee (Creek) Nation citizens, Meghan Scott took to the open road to help descendants.
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Muscogee Nation officials offer next steps in complying with Freedmen citizenship ruling
Muscogee Nation leaders are beginning to change tribal policy in response to a court order requiring the tribe to grant citizenship to Freedmen descendants, or those whose ancestors were formerly enslaved by the tribal nation.
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Creek Freedmen file for Muscogee Supreme Court to enforce citizenship ruling
Amid executive orders blocking them from receiving citizenship cards, Creek Freedmen are asking the nation’s court to follow through on its ruling.
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Mayor Nichols pushes back as governor seeks to thwart agreement with Muscogee (Creek) Nation
Gov. Kevin Stitt wants to toss Tulsa’s agreement giving the nation jurisdiction over misdemeanors involving tribal citizens.
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Muscogee (Creek) Nation Citizenship Board files petition to rehear freedmen case
The nation’s Supreme Court ruled in July that freedmen should be granted citizenship. Attorneys for MCN want the case reconsidered.
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‘Victory for the Nation:’ Muscogee freedmen leaders ponder next steps
Freedmen leaders say they want to show a “united front” in their conversations with MCN.
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Muscogee Nation Supreme Court rules freedmen are tribal citizens
The nation’s highest court ruled July 23 that freedmen are to be included as tribal citizens.