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A new federal lawsuit is challenging the Muscogee (Creek) Nation’s refusal to grant citizenship to thousands of Black freedmen descendants, despite its own supreme court’s unanimous ruling just one year ago. Plaintiffs allege tribal leadership, including the principal chief, has blocked the process—even though the citizenship board is ready to act. With up to 100,000 people potentially eligible, the suit demands federal intervention to enforce the tribe’s own court decision and honor a 1866 treaty. The Nation insists it’s committed to fair, consistent governance and insists tribal matters belong to its own institutions—though it has not yet been formally served with the complaint. For those waiting, the delay feels like a betrayal of justice after decades of exclusion.

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