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The Muscogee Nation, or Muscogee (Creek) Nation, [3] is a federally recognized Native American tribe based in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The nation descends from the historic Muscogee Confederacy , a large group of indigenous peoples of the Southeastern Woodlands .
In 1867 the Muscogee (Creek) Nation was established in the Indian Territory, with its governmental headquarters in the city of Okmulgee. The next year a double-log, two-story council house was constructed to conduct tribal business. [7]
The Muscogee (Creek) Nation is a federally recognized Indian Nation. Their headquarters is in Okmulgee, Oklahoma and their current Principal Chief is David W. Hill. [62] Three Muscogee tribal towns are federally recognized tribes: Alabama-Quassarte, Kialegee, and Thlopthlocco.
The Creek National Council House has stood in the center of Okmulgee for nearly 150 years. It's now an educational space operated by the tribe.
District Judge Denette Mouser, based in the tribe's headquarters in Okmulgee, ruled late Wednesday in favor of two Black Muscogee Nation freedmen, Rhonda Grayson and Jeff Kennedy, who had sued the ...
Generations of Muscogee Nation members have been born in the colder climate of Oklahoma since 1824, when Tallahassee was established as the capital of the then-territory.
Tribal Headquarters [2] County Jurisdiction [2] Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Indians: Shawnee: 3,050 2,315 ... Muscogee Nation: Muscogee, Yuchi [4] 69,162 55,591 Okmulgee:
The development is at the center of a long-simmering dispute between two tribal nations. The Muscogee Nation are descendants of people who called the land home and Alabama’s Poarch Band of Creek Indians is a separate tribal nation that shares ancestry with the Muscogee and built the casino after gaining ownership of the site.