A minor #Landback victory
The basement of my building has a collection of (49 so far) license plates.

I replaced the #Oklahoma one with a #MuscogeeNation license plate.
#Mvskoke #Native #Indigenous

Muscogee Nation Supreme Court rules Freedmen descendants entitled to tribal citizenship

The Muscogee Nation Supreme Court has ruled in favor of two descendants of former slaves held by the tribe. The court found Wednesday that when the Muscogee Nation’s citizenship board denied them membership, it violated an 1866 treaty granting citizenship to former slaves once held by the tribe. The Muscogee Nation is one of five tribes in Oklahoma that once practiced slavery. In that 1866 treaty with the U.S. government, the tribe both abolished it and granted citizenship to the formerly enslaved.

AP News

On May 23 1838, the forced removal of the Cherokee, Muscogee (Creek) Nation, Seminole, Chickasaw, Choctaw and other Native American nations began - a land theft and displacement known as the Trail of Tears. Approximately 60,000 people were displaced of whom up to 6,000 died on the Trail.

#History #TrailOfTears #NativeAmericans #Cherokee #MuscogeeNation #Seminole #Chickasaw #Choctaw #OnThisDay

A stick crane lifting 100 year old elevator parts off the 10 story roof, past my window to the sidewalk below. A #MuscogeeNation license plate on the window sill. Beyond that an #UptownChicago view.
@Yocheved and @Tzipporah in their Mvskoke Nation t-shirts
#Mvskoke #MuscogeeNation #Native #Indigenous

On May 23rd, 1838, the forced removal of the Cherokee, Muscogee (Creek) Nation, Seminole, Chickasaw, Choctaw and other Native American nations officially began - a land theft, massacre, and attempted genocide known as the Trail of Tears. Approximately 60,000 people were displaced of whom up to 6,000 died on the Trail.

#History #TrailOfTears #NativeAmericans #Cherokee #MuscogeeNation #Seminole #Chickasaw #Choctaw #OnThisDay

My great-Grandfather Pleasant Luther "Duke" Berryhill.

He was Roll #117 and lived through the Dawes Commission, Tribal land allotment theft and Oklahoma statehood.

Duke was Captain of the Lighthorse & active in the #MuscogeeNation Gov't in Indian Territory. He was known as extremely good sharpshooter.

#Mvskoke #Ancestors #Native #Indigenous
A 10 story crane outside my window removing 100 year old elevator parts from the roof to the sidewalk below. A #MuscogeeNation license plate leaning against the window frame.
#UptownChicago
My daughter Torie in 1995 I think. Mother of @Tzipporah and @Yocheved.
#Mvskoke #MuscogeeNation #Native #Indigenous