re: We Wuz Native Americans?

This one's Creek name is "Dances with weaves"

Everything you love about Native Americans ……………

They need to search Pastor James David Manning, he lectures his brethren on all the things they think they’ve made great.

There’s big money waiting in your mailbox if you’re an official “citizen” of the Muscogee Creek Indian Nation.

They want that casino money.

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The treaty was between the Indians and the US government. Article 2 is plain as day:

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The Creeks hereby covenant and agree that henceforth neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the parties shall have been duly convicted in accordance with laws applicable to all members of said tribe, shall ever exist in said nation; and inasmuch as there are among the Creeks many persons of African descent, who have no interest in the soil, it is stipulated that hereafter these persons lawfully residing in said Creek country under their laws and usages, or who have been thus residing in said country, and may return within one year from the ratification of this treaty, and their descendants and such others of the same race as may be permitted by the laws of the said nation to settle within the limits of the jurisdiction of the Creek Nation as citizens [thereof,] shall have and enjoy all the rights and privileges of native citizens, including an equal interest in the soil and national funds, and the laws of the said nation shall be equally binding upon and give equal protection to all such persons, and all others, of whatsoever race or color, who may be adopted as citizens or members of said tribe.

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The Tribal court ruled

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they lacked a lineal native ancestor.

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You failed to bold this part

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it is stipulated that hereafter these persons lawfully residing in said Creek country under their laws and usages, or who have been thus residing in said country, and may return within one year from the ratification of this treaty,

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Either way, The US federal court does not care what a Tribal court rules or has ruled.
This lawsuit stands on its own without precedence from a prior court.

AP also conveniently ignored the fact that eligibility doesn’t guarantee admission.

Native American lineage is pretty strict. I don’t think you can just be descendent and gain access.

Destroyers of everything. Builders of nothing.

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They're legally entitled to tribal citizenship. It's a legitimate lawsuit.

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I'm not sure I understand the legal wording, but I'm on the Chickasaw Indian Role (Winstar Indian). The process to get your tribal ID and CDIB is pretty straight forward. You prove ancestry back to either a parent, grandparent, great grandparent etc. . . that is on the Chickasaw Indian Role, or prove lineage back to someone who was on the Dawes Indian Role.

Sounds like they weren't denied based on race, but based on an update to the constitution that was ruled on in 2025 maybe?

The article doesn't address the requirements for the Muscogee Nation.

And for those who are curious, most of the nation's benefits are for low income families, but they do have some cool shite also. They have a down payment assistance for your first home, I can get a credit for a storm shelter, they have nursery packages where you can get a good bit of sod one time, an you can get trees and shrubs on an annual basis. The health care options are pretty good with the tribe as well. I was exempt from Obamacare enrollment due to having access to the Reservation's health care.