My great-grandmother Lula Craig/Creg, born Jan. 26, 1870, appears on both the federal 1910 census in Depew City, Creek County, Okla., and the 1910 Indian-population census for that city and county.

MILTON — After gaining support from the Board of County Commissioners in February, the Santa Rosa County Creek Indian Tribe is officially starting the process of seeking federal recognition.

His lawyers say he should never have been tried in Oklahoma state courts because he is Creek Indian on historic Creek land which the United States granted native nations in the 1800s. Creeks agree ...

But he has spent more than 30 years haunting tribal offices and genealogical archives, fighting for recognition that he is also a citizen of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation. “We’re African ...

"We deserve to win. We may not, but we deserve to," Tucker said recently in the cluttered council house of the Muscogee Nation of Florida, a tribe of Eastern Creek Indians who say their ancestors ...