More than 150 years after their enslaved ancestors were liberated, Muscogee (Creek) Nation Freedmen will be granted tribal citizenship.

The Muscogee Nation Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that two descendants of people once enslaved by the tribe are entitled to ...

The above image — roll over to zoom in on a desktop computer; if you’re viewing in mobile, click — is a Dawes Roll application filled out by Rogers and his family and filed on Oct. 22, 1900.

For Native American research, the Dawes Rolls are considered one of the best of the limited tools available to a family researcher. Also known as the “Final Rolls,” the official ...

The Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY — When she was born in Indian Territory in 1900, Muscogee (Creek) tribal member Martha Berryhill was not considered an American citizen because citizenship was ...