In an order issued Wednesday, the court ordered the tribe’s Citizenship Board to begin processing applications from people ...

The Muscogee Nation Supreme Court affirmed that individuals who are descendants of formerly enslaved people under the tribe are legal citizens.

Nation Supreme Court ruled in favor of citizenship for Creek Freedmen descendants in a ruling Wednesday that rejected the ...

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

The Muscogee Nation Supreme Court has ruled in favor of two descendants of former slaves held by the tribe. The court found ...

While many across the country recognize Juneteenth as the end to the institution of slavery in America in 1865, some tribal nations in Oklahoma continued to own slaves until the following year, 1866.

Freedmen descendants in Oklahoma continue fighting for tribal citizenship as Juneteenth highlights both freedom and ongoing exclusion.

Juneteenth may mark the day in 1865 when enslaved people in Galveston, Texas found out they had been freed, but thousands of people in Oklahoma are still fighting for full citizenship in the tribal… ...

While many across the country recognize Juneteenth as the end to the institution of slavery in America in 1865, some tribal nations in Oklahoma continued to own slaves until the following year, 1866 ...