Muscogee people

Recipients of the 2014 Mvskoke Women’s Leadership Award

Mvskoke Women\’s Leadership 2014 Awards Dinner

Hoktvke enfvyvtis em omvlkv – Women Guiding with All Her Might By staff Writer On Saturday March 22, 2014, the Mvskoke Women\’s Leadership 2014 Awards dinner was held at the Muscogee (Creek) Nation\’s Nutrition center located at the tribal complex north of Okmulgee, Oklahoma. The evening included dinner, entertainment provided by Flute player Scottie Harjo, …

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Ralph Ellison Library presents a Black History Month special event.

Ralph Ellison Library Presents: What Happened to the Freedmen?

Ralph Ellison Library presents a Black History Month special event. Date: Saturday February 22, 2014 Time: 11 A.M. Location: Ralph Ellison Library 2000 NE 23rd OKC, OK 73111 Join genealogist Ron Graham, from the Muscogee Creek Indian Freedmen Band, as he discusses the Dawes Commission, the details of “40 acres and a mule,” and presents …

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2013 Annual Mvskoke Hall Of Fame Induction

2013 Mvskoke Hall Of Fame Inducts Jacobs, Thompson, and Fife

Staff Writer (Tulsa,OK) – On October 12, 2013, the Mvskoke Hall of Fame Gala was held at the River Spirit Event Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Three new members were inducted into the Mvskoke Hall Of Fame including Jack Jacobs(posthumously), Mekko George Thompson, and Phyllis Fife, Ed.D. Muscogee (Creek) Principal Chief George Tiger was the Master …

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Treaty of New York

Belated Happy Treaty of New York Day (August 7, 1790)

\”The artist dressed us wrong. He was painting a scene 109 years past, but there were accurate portraits available in lithographs. He should have found them.\” ~ Rob Trepp According to the online Encyclopedia of Alabama, the 1790 Treaty of New York was an treaty involving the new United States under George Washington\’s administration and …

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Oce Vpofa Mekko George Thompson

Commentary From Oce Vpofa Mekko George Thompson on Poarch Creek Casino Expansion

By Oce Vpofa Mekko George Thompson My name is George Thompson; I have been the Oce Vpofa Mekko (Hickory Ground Chief) for 42 plus years. This is a lifetime position and it will be until the day I die. It is not our character as Muscogee (Creek) people to express our customs, rituals and traditions …

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