James M Branum - יעקב מתתיהו ☮Jul 25, 2025

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/25/muscogee-creek-supreme-court-ruling

Very good news for the #Freedmen of the #Muskogee / #Creek Nation.

Now it is time for the #Chickasaw, and #Choctaw nations to grant their Freedmen citizenship rights, and for the #Seminole nation to lift their freedmen citizens from their current second-class citizenship status.

#Indigenous #NativeAmerican #FirstNations #Oklahoma #NativeAmericanLaw #IndianLaw

Muscogee court affirms citizenship for descendants of people enslaved by tribe

Muscogee (Creek) Nation had earlier argued that only lineal descendants of tribe qualified for citizenship

The Guardian
James M Branum - יעקב מתתיהו ☮May 6, 2024

https://www.cherokeephoenix.org/news/ag-push-continues-for-equality-under-major-crimes-act/article_82dc04b6-088d-11ef-bb7a-27b916eb958f.html

Very appreciative of the #Cherokee Nation of #Oklahoma pushing so hard to ensure that the #Freedmen (descendants of formerly enslaved people w ho now are citizens of the tribe) enjoy equal protection under the law. This is such a marked change from the past.

#Law #NativeAmericanLaw #FirstNations #AfricanAmerican #Black #BlackIndigenous #BIPOC #OK

AG: Push continues for equality under Major Crimes Act

The Cherokee Nation’s attorney general says there have been “very productive” conversations at the federal level regarding the tribe’s push for changes to the Major Crimes Act.

cherokeephoenix.org