Meetings/Events

    2020

    Calendar of Events

     

    The Muscogee Creek Indian Freedmen Band will host its next meeting on February 22, 2020, at Ralph Ellison Library (Room B) at 1:00 PM.6

    Presentation: “All about the Land”
    The 1910 Hastain’s Township Plats of the Creek Nation

    The presenter will walk participants through this interactive presentation of the Hastain’s Township Plats of the Creek Nation published in 1910. The exhibit will be presented on (20) 24″ x 36″ display Boards, which will show the complete Township and Range of original Creek Allotments (160 acres of land), which include the African Creeks citizens who were enrolled tribal members of the Creek Nation Tribe. This presentation and exhibit will show town locations laid out by the Curtis Act of 1898, which broke up tribal and communal lands in the Indian Territory.

    Participants will be able to locate their Ancestor original Land Allotment, learn who their neighbors were, and understand the location of their ancestor’s land in the Creek Nation. It will also list the names of allottees, their roll number, and if the allotment was the location of the homestead. If the Township and Range are known, participants will be able to locate the information on the Creek Nation Map.

    Additionally, attendees will receive an update on current actions taken by members of the MCIFB to obtain tribal membership into the MCN. There was a formal hearing to appeal the denial of citizenship on Oct 31, 2019, in the Muscogee Creek Nation complex. The Assistant Attorney General, Shanna Burgin conducted the hearing, Nathan Wilson, Citizen Director, Andy Proctor Citizenship Manager (Jenks Office) and Allan Colbert Citizenship Manager (Okmulgee Office), and five members of the MCN citizenship board were present. We will provide an update to attendees on current activities and the next steps at the meeting regarding citizenship efforts into the MCN. Genealogy tips and research assistance will be available.

    We look forward to seeing you!

    Where: Ralph Ellison Library
    When: February 22, 2022
    Address: 2000 NE. 23rd St. OKC, 73111

    Muscogee Creek Indian Freedmen Band
    PO. Box 6366
    Moore, OK, 73153
    mcifb@1866creekfreedmen.com
    405-414-0366 or 405-204-0023

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    August 24, 2019 meeting!

     

    The Muscogee Creek Indian Freedmen Band will host its next meeting at Greater New Faith Ministry on August 24, 2019, at 1:00 pm.

    Genealogy research assistance will be provided to those interested in tracing their roots to the Dawes Roll. Please bring your family documents so that we can better serve you. The Creek Treaty of 1866 will be discussed as well as the history of the Creek Freedmen. This meeting is free of charge and is open to the general public. Please contact the MCIFB if you have questions or if you would like to become an official member or supporter.

    We have engaged with a candidate running for elected office for the MCN who has reached out in support of the Creek Freedmen and expressed an interested in attending the meeting.

    When: August 24, 2019

    Where: GREATER NEW FAITH MINISTRY

    Address: 1535 East 6th St., Okmulgee, OK, 74447

    Time: 1:00PM

     

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    April 27, 2019 General meeting!

    The Muscogee Creek Indian Freedmen Band will host its next meeting at Ralph Ellison Library on April 27, 2019, at 1:00 pm.  Topics of discussions will include the federal lawsuit filed by attorney Damario Solomon-Simmons of Riggs Abney law firm on behalf of the Muscogee Creek Indian Freedmen Band to restore citizenship to thousands of Creek Freedmen within the Muscogee Creek Nation.  H.R. 1514 will be discussed, a bill introduced on March 5, 2019, in the U.S. House of Representatives on behalf of Creek Freedmen by U.S. Representative Danny Davis. The express purpose of the bill is “To sever United States Government relations with the Creek Nation of Oklahoma until such time as the Creek Nation of Oklahoma restores full Tribal citizenship to the Creek Freedmen disenfranchised in the October 6, 1979, Creek Nation vote and fulfills all its treaty obligations with the Government of the United States, and for other purposes.”

     

    Genealogy tips and research assistance will be provided to those interested in tracing their roots to the Dawes Roll. Please bring your family documents so that we can better serve you. This meeting is free of charge and is open to the general public. Please contact the MCIFB if you have questions or if you would like to become an official member or supporter. 

     

    When: April 27, 2019
    Where: Ralph Ellison Library                                                                                                             Address: 2000 NE 23rd ST, Oklahoma City, OK
    Time: 1:00PM

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    MCIFB CONFERENCE 2019

    Registration Form

    Travel and Accommodations

    History and Genetics conference set for June 15, 2019!

     

    The Muscogee Creek Indian Freedmen Band in collaboration with W. Montague Cobb Research Lab, Howard University and Avery Research Center, College of Charleston is pleased to announce its June 15, 2019 conference!

    The 2019 conference will be held at the Ronald J. Norick Downtown Library, 300 Park Avenue, Oklahoma City, OK, 73102, from 10:00 am-5: 00 pm.  The Banquet will be held at Pearl’s Bricktown, 303 E. Sheridan Ave. Oklahoma City, OK, 73104 at 6:30 pm.  The 2019 conference has attracted scholarly presenters and speakers; presentations will focus on Creek Freedmen, Seminole Freedmen, and Gullah history. Topic of discussions will explore the intertwining histories, culture, relationships, and racial identity of Black Indians and Native Americans.  Other significant activities are planned such as a genealogy workshop that will cover Creek and Seminole Freedmen history. A planned panel discussion will include attorneys, historians, and the descendants of Creek and Seminole Freedmen. Discussions to include currents issues in Indian country affecting the disenfranchised Freedmen.

    Freedmen leaders Leetta Osborne-Sampson (Seminole-Caesar Bruner Band), Sylvia Davis (Seminole-Dosar Barkus Band), Sache’ Primeaux-Shaw (Ponca/Seminole-Caesar Bruner Band), are among the confirmed speakers. An exciting time is sure to be had by all in attendance.

    Conference attendees are invited to participate in African Bloodlines an important project spearheaded by W. Montague Cobb Research Lab, Howard University and Ms. Caldwell.  This project investigates ancestral, bio-cultural, and genetic linkages of chronic disease amongst African Americans and African American micro-ethnic groups. By combining relevant historical, anthropological, and genomic-based techniques in hopes to create a comprehensive analysis, particularly of cardiovascular disease, in the precision medicine era. African Bloodlines is the colloquial name for “Identifying Genetic and Bio-Cultural Linkages to Cardiovascular disease among African Americans.”  Ancestral and Health DNA testing will be provided to participants. Participation in this project is optional.

    The conference work-shops fee is $35.00 and includes lunch. The fee for official members is $25.00. The conference banquet will be held at Pearls Bricktown at 6:30 pm. The ticket price is $35.00 and can be purchased via eventbrite, or mail your check to MCIFB at PO BOX. 6366, Moore, Oklahoma, 73153. Conference registration ends on June 1, 2019. For additional information email us at mcifb@1866creekfreedmen.com.

    Please  purchase tickets at the link below.

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    Thank you, and we look forward to visiting with you on June 15, 2019!!!

    Rhonda K. Grayson

     

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    Members can purchase at the link below for the reduced rate.

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    The 2019 conference has attracted an impressive cadre of speakers:

     

    Dr. Daniel F. Littlefield Jr., is the director of the Sequoyah Research Center at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. Littlefield holds a Ph.D. degree from Oklahoma State University. Noted Author of Africans and Seminoles: From Removal to Emancipation, Africans and Creeks: from the colonial period to the Civil War, and Seminole Burning, Chickasaw Freedmen, A people without a country, and Cherokee Freedmen.

    Dr. Joseph A. Opala, Noted historian for establishing the “Gullah Connection,” the historical links between the indigenous people of the West African nation of Sierra Leone and the Gullah people of the Low Country region of South Carolina and Georgia in the United States.
    Opala’s historical research began with a study of Bunce Island, the British slave castle in Sierra Leone that was a departure point for many African slaves shipped to South Carolina and Georgia in the mid- and late 18th century Middle Passage. He was the first scholar to recognize that Bunce Island has greater importance for the Gullah than any other West African slave castle. He ranks it as “the most important historic site in Africa for the United States. Opala also helped organize several reunions between the Gullahs and their Black Seminole cousins in Oklahoma, Texas, and Northern Mexico. The Black Seminoles are the descendants of Gullah slaves who
    escaped into Spanish Florida in the 1700s, where they allied with the Seminole Indians. After the Second Seminole War in the 1830s, the Black Seminoles were removed to Indian Territory (now Oklahoma). Some later migrated to Texas and Northern Mexico, where their descendants still retain Gullah language and customs to the present day. Opala organized a symposium at Penn Center that brought Black Seminole leaders to the Gullah region for the first time, and he helped organize return visits by Gullah leaders to Black Seminole communities in Oklahoma and Texas.

     

    Dr. Patricia Williams Lessane PhD. is a cultural anthropologist whose focus areas include Pan African religious identity, Black feminist theory, and representations of Black life in popular culture. She earned a BA in English from Fisk University, a MALS from Dartmouth College, and a PhD in Anthropology from University of Illinois at Chicago. Before joining The College of Charleston, she was a faculty member at Roosevelt University, and a consultant for The Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago.

     

    Dr. Lindsay Robertson

    The University of Oklahoma – College of Law

    Faculty Director, American Indian Law and Policy Center 
    Associate Director, Inter-American Center for Law and Culture 

    Professor Lindsay G. Robertson joined the law faculty at the University of Oklahoma in 1998 after serving as a visiting professor in 1997. He teaches courses in Federal Indian Law, Comparative Indigenous Peoples Law, Constitutional Law and Legal History and serves as Faculty Director of the OU Center for the Study of American Indian Law and Policy. Late June 2014 he will visit Mainz University for a ZIS-Guest professorship.

    Prior to coming to OU, Robertson taught Federal Indian Law at the University Of Virginia School Of Law and the George Washington University National Law Center. He was a Research and Visiting Fellow at the Philadelphia Center for Early American Studies from 1992 to 1994. He worked in private practice in Washington, DC, and Charlottesville, Virginia, and as a judicial clerk at the United States District Court for the District of Delaware. He currently serves as Special Justice on the Supreme Court of the Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes.

     

    Dr. Fatimah L.C. Jackson received her PhD, MA, and BA (cum laude with Distinction in all subjects) from Cornell University. She has conducted research on, and is particularly interested in the study of human-plant coevolution, particularly the influence of phytochemicals on human metabolic effects and evolutionary processes and in population substructure in peoples of African descent. She is recognized for developing ethno genetic layering as a computational tool to identify human microethnic groups in complex heterogeneous populations and their differential expressions of health disparities. Trained as a human biologist, Dr. Jackson has published extensively in such journals as Human Biology, Biochemical Medicine and Metabolic Biology, the American Journal of Human Biology, and the Journal of the National Medical Association, among others. She won the Nick Norgan Award in 2009 for the Best Article Published in Annals of Human Biology, and in 2012 was the first recipient of the Ernest E. Just Prize in Medical and Public Health Research, Avery Research Institute, College of Charleston and Medical University of South Carolina (University of South Carolina). In 2012, she was also Coined by Rear Admiral Dr. Helena Mishoe, National Institutes of Health, NHLBI and US Public Health Service. Dr. Jackson has taught widely, mentored a large number of students, and is now Director of the W. Montague Cobb Research Laboratory at Howard University, the largest collection of African American skeletal and dental remains in the world (covering 400 years of African American biological history). In 2017 Howard University named her STEM Woman Researcher of the Year and she received the Outstanding Service Award from the Department of Biology, where she is a professor.

     

    Dr. Kareem Washington, PhD. Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics and Child health, Division of Genetics & Human Genetics; Graduate school Chair of the Dept. of Genetics and Human Genetics Howard University and Director of Graduate studies, and Director of the MD/PhD medical school training program. Kareem received his Ph.D. from the Human Genetics program at Howard University.  Completed a post-doctoral training as a fellow in the laboratory of molecular and clinical hematology (MCH), a branch of the National Institute of Digestive, Diabetes and Kidney disease.

     

    Damario Solomon Simmons, M. Ed., J.D. has a nationwide practice and has represented dozens of high profile clients and causes including advocating for reparations for the survivors of the 1921 Greenwood Massacre, citizenship rights of Black Descendants of Muscogee Creek Nation Freedmen, and representing the family of Monroe Bird, III.  Currently Damario serves as lead counsel for the family of unarmed Terence Crutcher, Sr. and co-counsel for the 7 Rape victims of convicted Oklahoma City Police Officer Daniel Holtzclaw.

    Damario has overseen the negotiation of millions of dollars of professional athlete player and endorsement contracts, organized and managed athletes’ business, branding, and legal structures, and represented dozens of players regarding NFLPA, NCAA, and local high school rules and regulations, including five NFL or NBA first-round draft picks. He also has substantial experience advising and representing clients in relation to government and community relations, public policy campaigns, and political messaging. 

    He was the 2015 Oklahoma Bar Association’s recipient of the Ada Lois Sipuel-Fisher Diversity Award, in 2016 the National Bar Association named him a top “40 under 40” lawyer, and was the 2017 Tulsa People Magazine Tulsan of the Year. 

     

    Attorney Dr. James D. Diamond, S.J.D. (AKA Jim) Diamond is an experienced criminal lawyer and educator. He taught law at the University of Arizona. James Diamond’s practice emphasizes three areas; criminal defense, Indian Law, and Civil litigation.  Diamond is admitted to practice law in several states including Arizona, Connecticut and New York, federal trial and appellate courts along with Indian Tribal courts. He is a former Connecticut state prosecutor and is well known in the area of white collar criminal defense and government investigations. He consults with Indian Tribal governments to provide legal drafting and training for court staff, lawyers, law enforcement personnel and tribal government officials. Diamond holds a doctoral degree (S.J.D.) from the University Of Arizona James E. Rogers College Of Law.

     

    Ms. Jennifer L. Caldwell is doctoral student in the Department of Genetics and Human and graduate researcher in the W. Montague Cobb Research, Howard University.  She received two Bachelors of Science (cum laude) in Chemistry and Physics from the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff in 2011 and 2012 respectively and is a Bill and Melinda Gates Millennium Scholar. She received a MPH Epidemiology from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. Within the CRL, Jennifer’s research includes genetic and environmental interactions that influence CVD and Stroke in African American populations. The Gullah Geechee of the Coastal Sea Island are a prototype micro-ethnic group of African Americans, as they have a rich African heritage.  Jennifer has specific interest in population genetics and epigenetic methods used for gene discovery and expansion of precision medicine research. A native of Pine Bluff, Arkansas, she loves all things southern, traveling, dance, and is a pseudo-chef.

     

     

    Accommodations

    Area Hotels

     

    Hyatt Place Oklahoma City Bricktown   

    20 Russell M Perry Avenue,

    Oklahoma City, 73104

    (1844)256-5291

     

    Hampton Inn & Suites Oklahoma City-Bricktown

    300 East Sheridan

    Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 73104

    (405)232-3600

     

    Embassy Suites by Hilton     

                                                                 741 N Phillips Ave                                                                                                                             Oklahoma City, OK 73104                                                               (405) 239-3900

     

    Skirvin Hilton

    1 Park Ave

    OKC 73102

    405-235-2780

     

    Waterford Marriott

    6300 Waterford Blvd

    OKC 73118

    405-848-4782

     

    Hyatt Place

    1511 NW Expressway

    OKC 73118

    405-840-5557

     

    Hampton Inn

    3022 NW Expressway

    OKC 73112

    405-947-0953

     

    Hawthorne Suites

    1600 Richmond Square

    OKC 73118

    405-840-1440

     

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    Feb 16, 2019  History event

    The Muscogee Creek Indian Freedmen Band honors and celebrates the rich history and culture of the Creek Freedmen on February 16!

    Please join us at the Ralph Ellison Library at 2:00 pm for History, Genealogy, and Storytelling. The MCIFB’s Story Teller, Jennifer Bradley will guide event participants on a journey back in time to the days of Indian Territory, a pivotal time in history before the creation of the State of Oklahoma. A time when people of African descent were known as Natives, Black Indians, or African Creeks in Indian Territory. 

    In the Story Tellers’ portrayal of Creek Freedman Lucinda Davis, she gives a riveting performance of this little-known history as recorded by the writer’s project (WPA) in the 1937 interview.  Ms. Davis was an eyewitness to the historic Battle of Honey Spring that occurred near her home in the summer of 1864. This interview is historically significant because it provides an insider’s view of the life and culture of the Creek Freedmen. For example, Ms. Davis describes her life experience of being born and enslaved in the Creek Nation, funerals and burials traditions, traditional foods and more. Ms. Davis also spoke the Muscogee Creek language fluently as reflected in the interview.

    The MCIFB will also present a history display exhibit for your viewing pleasure. We will also offer free genealogy look-up.  

    Where:   Ralph Ellison Library

    Address: 2000 N.E. 23rd St, Oklahoma City, OK  73111

    Time:     2:00 PM

    www.1866creekfreedmen.com

    mcifb@1866creekfreedmen.com

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    2018 Calendar of Events

    February 24, 2018
    Black History Event
    In honor of Black History month, the Muscogee Creek Indian Freedmen Band in collaboration with the Oklahoma Black Museum of Performing Arts presents “Creek Freedmen Faces” This exhibit is a collage of photographic images and the history of the Creek Freedmen.” This event is scheduled for February 24, 2018, at the OBMOPA center. Address: 4701 N Lincoln Blvd, Oklahoma City, OK 73105. Activities are scheduled from 11 AM to 6:00 PM. Visitors are free to come and go as there will be entertainment, speakers and other planned activities throughout the entire day until 6:00 pm.

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    2018 Membership and Community meetings:

    March 10, 2018
    Hillwood Missionary Baptist Church
    7901 John St.
    Spencer Oklahoma, 73084
    1:00PM

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    May 19, 2018
    In collaboration with the African American Genealogical Interest Group, the Muscogee Creek Indian Freedmen Band (MCIFB) will host its next meeting in Dallas TX. The MCIFB will provide a brief history of the Creek Freedmen. In addition, genealogy will be shared as it pertains to Creek Freedmen history and the Treaty of 1866. An abbreviated exhibit of prominent Creek Freedmen and history boards will be available for your viewing pleasure.

    Where: J. Erik Jonsson Central Library
    Dallas West Room, 1st floor.
    1515 Young Street
    Dallas, TX 75201

    When: May 19, 2018

    Time: 2:00 PM-4:00PM

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    ***The June 30th meeting is being rescheduled for later in the year***
    June 30, 2018
    Muskogee, OK

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    August 25,2018
    New Life Church
    5221 E. Elm St.
    Wichita, Kansas 67208
    1:00PM

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    October
    Additional information forthcoming!

     

     

     

    SEMINOLE DAYS

     

    The ABSENTEE SEMINOLE TRIBE OF TEXAS

    2nd ANNUAL BANQUET

     SEPTEMBER 16, 2017

    KINNEY COUNTY CIVIC CENTER

    200 E. SPRING ST.

    BRACKETTVILLE, TX

    TIME: 6:00 PM – 12:00 AM

     SPEAKER:

    JEFFREY D. KENNEDY

    MUSCOGEE CREEK INDIAN FREEDMEN BAND

     Golf Tournament Sep 16 – 9 AM Fort Clark

    Tour Fort Clark & Seminole “Camp” Sep 16

    Dedication John Horse monument Sep 16,

    2 PM near old fort cemetery

     Music provided by DJ Javier

     Catered Meal : $30

     RSVP by – SEP 8, 2017

     

    RSVP: TO

    Absentee Seminole Tribe of Texas

    P O Box 1932

    McKinney, TX 75071

     

    Principal Chief (Mikko) Lee R. Young

    https://AbsenteeSeminoleTribe.org

     

    For more information about this event visit

    https://absenteeseminoletribe.org/resources

    The following documents are downloadable:

    Banquet Flyer

    Banquet Reservation

    Registration Golf Tournament

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    Symposium

    Friday, March 24, 2017, 10:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.

     

    The Muscogee Creek Indian Freedmen Band is scheduled to present at the Blood Quantum, Identity, and Sovereignty: Contemporary Legal Battles in Indigenous Communities Symposium.

    This free event is open to the general public. We encourage our members/supporters in the Irvine Ca, and surrounding area to come out and support us. We would love to visit with you at the close of the symposium. Please visit http://www.law.uci.edu/events/student-run/nalsa-2017/#.WK9K3UqGMz0.mailto  for additional information and free registration.

    Blood Quantum, Identity, and Sovereignty: Contemporary Legal Battles in Indigenous Communities

    A symposium presented by Native American Law Students Association (NALSA) at UC Irvine California

    Friday, March 24, 2017, 10:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
    EDU 1111, UC Irvine School of Law (map)

    This symposium will gather indigenous people together to discuss the realities of blood quantum and identity in Indian Country and Native Nations battles for sovereignty. The symposium is broken down into two main topics: “Blood Quantum, Culture, Lineage, and Identity” and “The Fight for Sovereignty.” The first panel will focus on the intersections of the above topics and how they affect tribal communities. The second panel will focus more closely on legal battles that Native peoples are facing in the judicial system currently.

    Confirmed Speakers

      • Kimberly Cluff, Tribal Attorney, The Morongo Band of Mission Indians
      • Cristina Coc, Director and Co-Founder of the Julian Cho Society
      • Carole E. Goldberg, Jonathan D. Varat Distinguished Professor of Law, UCLA School of Law
      • J. Kēhaulani Kauanui, Professor of American Studies and Anthropology, Wesleyan University
      • Jeffrey D. Kennedy, Vice President of the Muscogee Creek Indian Freedmen Band
      • Denise Turner Walsh, Attorney General, Rincon Band of Luiseno Indians

     

     

     

    Free Event!!!!!

    February 18, 2017, history event!

     

    The Muscogee Creek Indian Freedmen Band [MCIFB] of Oklahoma will host its annual history program in honor of Black History month. This event is scheduled on Saturday, February 18, 2017, at the True-light Worship Center at 3:00 PM.

    Participants will be enlightened on the “Little-known history” of the Muscogee Creek Indian Freedmen, while enjoying “old-time” traditional gospel music, Storytelling, a meme dance performance and much more. The event will commence with a brief history of the Muscogee Creek Freedmen, and the Seminole Freedmen.

    Special guest:

    • Brotherly Love
    • Sylvia Davis-Price, Black Seminoles
    • Musical guest, Pastor Linda Daniel
    • Minister Terry Reece
    • Ms. Jennifer A. Bradley

    Brotherly Love is a group of sensational gospel singers from Ada Oklahoma. They grew up as children singing for the Lord.  God brought these anointed men together Five years ago.  Please come out and join us for some down home traditional quartet music from the “Brotherly Love!”

    Story Teller, Jennifer Bradley will guide event participants on a journey back in time to the days of Indian Territory, a pivotal time in history before the creation of the State of Oklahoma. A time when people of African descent were known as Natives, Black Indians or African Creeks in Indian Territory. In Bradley’s portrayal of Creek Freedwoman, Mary Grayson she gives a riveting performance of this little know history as recorded by the writer’s project (WPA) in the 1937 interview of Grayson “I am what colored people call a Native.”

    Sylvia Davis-price, Band Chief of the Black Seminoles
    her presentation will focus on the history of Fort Mose the year 1795 and its significance as it relates to free blacks, Spaniards, and Native Americans.

     

    Background of Fort Mose.
    Hidden away in the marshes of St. Augustine, Florida is one of the most important sites in American history: the first free community of ex-slaves, founded in 1738 and called gracias real de Santa Teresa de Mose or fort Mose (pronounced moh-say).

    (More than a century before the emancipation proclamation, slaves from the British colonies were able to follow the original “underground railroad” which headed not to the north, but rather south, to the Spanish colony of Florida. There they were given their freedom if they declared their allegiance to the king of Spain and joined the Catholic Church. Fort Mose was the northern defense of St. Augustine, the nation’s oldest city). Courtesy, fort Mose historical society

    Come out and join us as we celebrate and educate attendees about this unique history. Members and the general public are encouraged to attend this FREE EVENT.

    When:    February 18, 2017
    Time:     3:00PM                                                                                               Cost:      Free
    Where:   True-light Worship Center
    Address: 1391 N Midwest Blvd Midwest City, Okla. 73110

    For more information please contact us at (405) 414-0366, (405) 204-0023 or by email at contactus@1866creekfreedmen.com. www.1866creekfreedmen.com

    Reserve your free ticket(s) by clicking on the below site:

    https://www.eventbrite.com/e/muscogee-creek-indian-freedmen-bands-annual-black-history-program-tickets-31166982283

    Brotherly Love

    Brotherly Love

     

    Jennifer Bradley as Creek Freedwomen, Mary Grayson

    Jennifer Bradley as Creek Freedwomen, Mary Grayson

     

    sylvia Davis-Price

    sylvia Davis-Price

     

    Pastor Linda Daniel

    Pastor Linda Daniel

     

    Mister Terry Reece

    Mister Terry Reece

     

     

    Feb History event

     

     

     

     

     

    June 11, 2016
    Meeting has been cancelled.

    CFB-062416
    MCIFB June 24, 2016
    Local Hotels

    March meeting!

    The Muscogee Creek Indian Freedmen Band [MCIFB] of Oklahoma will host its next meeting on March 12, 2016, from 1:00 PM-3:00 PM. Members and interested parties are encouraged to attend. The meeting will commence with a brief history of the Muscogee Creek Indian Freedmen. Mr. Rick Fogarty is the guest presenter, his presentation is titled “Researching Indian Genealogy”. Mr. Fogarty is a professional genealogical researcher in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He is a third-generation genealogist with deep Oklahoma roots and a citizen of the Muscogee Creek Nation. He is a life member of the Association of Professional Genealogists and specializes in Native American adoption and forensic genealogical research. He attended the Boston University program in forensic genealogy. He is a member of the National Genealogical Society and the International Society of Genetic Genealogy. This meeting is free of charge and is open to the general public.

    When: March 12, 2016
    Time: 1:00PM-3:00 PM
    Where: East Sixth Street Christian Church
    under the leadership of
    Rev. Jesse Jackson Jr.
    Address: 1139 NORTHEAST 6TH STREET
    Oklahoma City, OK 73117

     

    CFB-092615
    MCIFB September 26, 2015

    mcifb 2015 Conference welcome page
    MCIFB 2015 Conference Welcome

    2015 meeting schedule
    When: February 7, 2015
    Time: 1PM-3PM
    Where: Ralph Ellison Library 2000 NE 23rd St
    Oklahoma City, OK 73111
    (405) 424-1437

    When: May 16, 2015
    Time: 10AM-12PM
    Where: Okmulgee Library
    218 S Okmulgee Ave
    Okmulgee, OK 74447
    (918) 756-1448

    When: August 15, 2015
    Time: 1PM-3PM
    Where: Muskogee Public Library
    801 W. Okmulgee St.
    Muskogee, OK, 74401

    November 7, 2015
    10AM-12PM
    218 S Okmulgee Ave
    Okmulgee, OK 74447
    (918) 756-1448
    Muscogee Creek Indian Freedmen Band “Bloodlines” Featured Documentary, Oct 4, 2014 The Oklahoma Black Museum and Performing Arts Center is hosting its Third Annual Multicultural Arts Festival “Art in the City: A Cultural Connection”. The festival will be centrally located in Oklahoma City’s Flower Garden Park at NW 46th and Classen. The festival will be held Saturday, October 4, 2014 from 9 a.m. to 9 .pm.

    Bloodlines is one of the featured films at the Art in the City Festival. Bloodlines is independently produced and directed by Camara and Chantel Rose of Get Focused films, and the MCIFB. Show time: 11:20 am.

    Synopsis:

    In 1979, the Muscogee Creek Nation exclude African descendants (known as Creek Freedmen) from the tribe, and did not permit them to vote in the election even though they were adopted as tribal citizens with full rights by a treaty signed in 1866 between the United States and the Creek Nation. Bloodlines examines the struggle that the African Creek descendants of the Creek Tribe have had in claiming tribal citizenship despite history showing many African Americans and Native Americans cohabiting, intermarrying, and forming communities in Indian territory circa the mid-1800s.

    The Cast: Renowned author, and historian Dr. Daniel F. Littlefield Jr. Attorney Damario Solomon-Simmons Brenda Golden Hutkie Fields Representative Jabar Shumate The Sells family, and other descendants of Freedmen

    The Muscogee Creek Indian Freedmen Band will host its
    next meeting on October 25, 2014.

    This meeting is free of charge, and is open to the general public. Genealogy tips will be offered, and an update will be provided regarding the MCIFB’s plight to obtain Federal recognition.

    The Office of Federal Acknowledgment (OFA) has reviewed their petition, and a Technical assistance (TA) letter
    has been received by the MCIFB.
    The MCIFB is in the process of answering the TA letter.
    For more information about the MCIFB, please visit their
    Website at WWW.1866creekfreedmen.com
    or contact Jeff Kennedy
    at 405-414-0366.

    When: October 25, 2014 Time: 1:00-2:30 PM
    Where: Muskogee Public Library
    801 W. Okmulgee St.
    Muskogee, OK, 74401

    The Muscogee Creek Indian Freedmen Band will host its
    next meeting on May 3, 2014.

    The meeting is free of charge and is open to the general public. Topics of
    discussion will include the history of the MCIFB, an introduction to genealogy and research into records such as Dawes census records, land allotment, and other vital records etc. We especially encourage the Youth and Young adults to attend this meeting. Please bring your family photos, and any documents that you would like to share at the meeting.

    Little Known history facts:

    *African Creeks Indians were elected to the Creek Nation legislative system, known as the National Council, consisting of the House of Kings and the House of Warriors. African Creeks served in many prominent positions in Creek Nation, such as Chiefs,
    Senators, Judges, and Lawmen etc.

    *Full blood Africans, mixed blood African Creeks, Free Blacks, and Indian slaves participated in the Force Removal,
    also known as the Trail of Tears.

    *African Creek Tribal members, later known as Freedmen, were Treaty signers for the entire Creek Nation, and were full citizens of the Nation as outlined in the Treaty of 1866.

    When: May 3, 2014 Time: 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM
    Where: Ralph Ellison Library 2000 NE 23rd St,
    Oklahoma City, OK 73111,
    (405) 424-1437

    MCIFB Exhibit
    February 1, 2014 through March 1, 2014
    The Muscogee Creek Indian Freedmen Band’s
    traveling exhibit is currently the “featured exhibit”
    at the Village Library through March 1, 2014.
    The Village Library
    10307 N. Penn The Village,
    OK 73120
    (405) 755-0710
    Monday – Thursday 9am – 9pm
    Friday 9am – 6pm
    Saturday 9am – 5pm
    Sunday 1pm – 6pm

    MCIFB Traveling exhibit!
    “Crossing Bloodlines”
    will be the featured exhibit on
    January 4, 2014-January 31, 2014
    at Ralph Ellison Library.
    The Muscogee Creek Indian Freedmen Band’s exhibition,
    “Crossing Bloodlines:” An American story of the Estelusti people
    depicted through photographic images will be exhibited at
    Ralph Ellison Library
    starting on January 4, 2014 through January 31, 2014.
    The exhibit explores the distinct cultural identities of the Black Indians through photographic images. The exhibit will feature Black Indians from various geographical areas, and tribal affiliations. Special emphasis will be focused on the Freedmen of the Five Civilized Tribes; Creek, Cherokee, Seminole, Chickasaw, and Choctaw.
    Many of the images tell a story of how the lives of Africans and Indians intertwined as one, a life of shared culture, language, food, and family.
    Visitor Information: Ralph Ellison Library
    2000 NE 23rd
    OKC, OK 73111
    (405) 424-1437
    Hours:
    Monday – Thursday 9am – 9pm
    Friday 9am – 6pm
    Saturday 9am – 5pm
    Sunday 1pm – 6pm

    October Speaking Engagement
    Oklahoma City Muscogee (Creek) Association
    The MCIFB will be the guest speaker at the
    Oklahoma City Muscogee (Creek) Association.
    When: Oct 5, 2013
    Time: 6:00 P.M
    Where: Oklahoma City Muscogee (Creek) Association
    1500 NE 4th ST. Suite 104,
    OKC, OK

     

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