Editing Muscogee (section)

==Muscogee tribes today==
The [[Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana]] are a tribe of Muscogee people, descended from the [[Koasati]], as are the [[Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of Texas]].

[[File:Kenny davis dine muscogee.jpg|thumb|upright|Muscogee Creek-Navajo from [[Okmulgee, Oklahoma]]]]

===Federally recognized tribes in Oklahoma===
The [[Muscogee (Creek) Nation]] is a federally recognized Indian Nation. Their headquarters is in [[Okmulgee, Oklahoma]] and their current Principal Chief is David W. Hill.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mcn-nsn.gov/government/executive-branch/|title=Executive Branch – the Muscogee Nation|access-date=January 5, 2017|archive-date=April 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210421113913/https://www.mcn-nsn.gov/government/executive-branch/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Three Muscogee tribal towns are federally recognized tribes: Alabama-Quassarte, Kialegee, and Thlopthlocco. [[Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town]] is headquartered in [[Wetumka, Oklahoma]] and its chief is Wilson Yargee.<ref name="oia">Oklahoma Indian Affairs. [https://web.archive.org/web/20100722200312/http://www.ok.gov/oiac/documents/2008%20POCKET%20PICTORIAL.pdf 2008 Pocket Pictorial]:17</ref> [[Kialegee Tribal Town]] is headquartered in Wetumka, and Jeremiah Hoia is the current ''mekko'' or chief.<ref name=ok>[http://www.ok.gov/oiac/Tribal_Nations/index.html "Oklahoma's Tribal Nations."] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100328062033/http://www.ok.gov/oiac/Tribal_Nations/index.html |date=March 28, 2010 }} ''Oklahoma Indian Affairs Commission''. 2010 (retrieved April 10, 2010)</ref> The [[Thlopthlocco Tribal Town]] is headquartered in [[Okemah, Oklahoma]]. George Scott is the mekko.<ref name=ok/>

[[File:Micah wesley kiowa muscogee.jpg|thumb|upright|Micah Wesley, Muscogee Creek-[[Kiowa]] artist and DJ<ref>[[Native American Rights Fund]]. [https://books.google.com/books?id=Lf9nbvDbupYC&pg=PP1 ''Visions for the Future: A Celebration of Young Native American Artists, Volume 1.''] Boulder, CO: Native American Rights Fund, 2007: 82. {{ISBN|978-1-55591-655-8}}.</ref><ref>[http://www.unm.edu/~market/cgi-bin/archives/002403.html "Native American Week Planned at UNM-Gallup."] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120703122324/http://www.unm.edu/~market/cgi-bin/archives/002403.html |date=July 3, 2012 }} ''University of New Mexico Today.'' November 8, 2007 (retrieved February 25, 2010)</ref>]]

===Federally recognized tribes in Alabama===
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Eddie L. Tullis led the [[Poarch Band of Creek Indians]] in their petitioning the United States government to recognize a government-to-government relationship. On August 11, 1984, these efforts culminated in the United States Government, Department of Interior, and the Bureau of Indian Affairs acknowledging that the Poarch Band of Creek Indians existed as an "Indian Tribe". The tribe is the only federally recognized tribe in the state of Alabama. On November 21, 1984, the US government took {{convert|231.54|acre|km2}} of land into trust for the tribe as a communal holding. On April 12, 1985, {{convert|229.54|acre|km2}} were declared a [[Indian reservation|reservation]].

===Expansion of reservation===
[[Supreme Court of the United States|The United States Supreme Court]] issued their ruling for [[McGirt v. Oklahoma]] on July 9, 2020. The Court recognized a large part of eastern Oklahoma as part of the state's [[Muscogee (Creek) Nation]] reservation.<ref name=moreland /> The ruling also opened the possibility for Native Americans to have more power to regulate alcohol and casino gambling.<ref name=moreland>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-oklahoma/u-s-supreme-court-deems-half-of-oklahoma-a-native-american-reservation-idUSKBN24A268|title=U.S. Supreme Court deems half of Oklahoma a Native American reservation|first=Lawrence|last=Hurley|publisher=Reuters|date=July 9, 2020|access-date=July 11, 2020}}</ref>