A Promise Kept - 9780806191720

A Promise KeptThe Muscogee (Creek) Nation and McGirt V. Oklahoma\nAuthor(s): Robert J. Miller, Robbie Ethridge\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University of Oklahoma Press, United States\nImprint: University of Oklahoma Press\nISBN-13: 9780806191720, 978-0806191720\nSynopsis\nAt the end of the Trail of Tears there was a promise, [url] Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote in the decision issued on July 9, 2020, in the case of McGirt v. Oklahoma. And that promise, made in treaties between the United States and the Muscogee (Creek) Nation more than 150 years earlier, would finally be kept. With the Courts ruling, the full extent of the Muscogee (Creek) Reservation was reaffirmedmeaning that [url] million acres of land in Oklahoma, including part of the city of Tulsa, were recognized once again as Indian Country as defined by federal law. A Promise Kept explores the circumstances and implications of McGirt v. Oklahoma, likely the most significant Indian law case in well over 100 years.