Muscogee tribe

The Muscogee National Council is choosing to remain neutral in the jurisdictional fight between the Cherokee Nation and the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians, after the council voted 9-4 to postpone Tribal Resolution 25-079 indefinitely.

After the landmark Freedmen citizenship ruling in the Muscogee Nation Supreme Court, the tribal nation's citizenship board petitioned for a rehearing of the case. On Wednesday, the court denied their motion.

Gov. Kevin Stitt is suing the City of Tulsa, its mayor and its police chief in the Oklahoma Supreme Court over a recent agreement the city made to defer criminal jurisdiction to the Muscogee Nation.

Alicia Stroble sat before the Oklahoma Supreme Court more than a year ago, surrounded by tribal attorneys and backed by the state's five major tribes.

A Muscogee citizen who works for her tribe and lives on its reservation still must pay income tax to Oklahoma, despite her tribal nation's redefinition as Indian Country after the McGirt case.

Oklahoma tribal leaders celebrated a report revealing the tribes directly contributed $12.7 billion to the state's economy in 2023.

Oklahoma tribal leaders have expressed frustrations with federal conversations regarding potential cuts to the Bureau of Indian Affairs.