I’ve only ever heard Mvskoke concerned with “by blood” regarding AfroNatives. Never heard complaints regarding blond haired, blue eyed relatives.
MCN and Seminole Nation Chiefs released statements that feigned concern for sovereignty and treaty language, but they both conveniently left out the fact that MCN government chose to add “by blood” without input from tribal members or a vote in direct response to the treaties that guaranteed Freedmen & AfroCreek descendants citizenship.
MCN still hasn’t taken accountability for the harm done to African peoples enslaved by Mvskokes and you’ll hear the same white supremacist Lost Cause arguments come out of Mvskoke mouths that you’d expect at a Daughters of the Confederacy meeting: “not all Creeks owned slaves,” “Creek slavers were nicer than white slavers,” “blah blah blood purity.”
Chief flat out used the term, “maintain the status quo.”
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“Hill’s order specifically directs the citizenship office to ‘continue accepting applications from Freedmen descendent applicants, but not issue citizenship cards or any form of membership identification cards to such persons’ while the review is ongoing. The office is also directed to continue its normal processing of applications from ‘new Mvskoke citizens,’ an indication the office will continue to issue new memberships to people who are “Creek by blood.”
“Since the next Muscogee Nation Council session is scheduled for Sept. 27, it seems unlikely the Muscogee Nation’s citizenship laws will be updated before the Sept. 9 registration deadline for the tribe’s Sept. 20 election date. Attorneys representing the descendants of Muscogee Freedmen Rhonda Grayson and Jeff Kennedy filed a motion for contempt Aug. 27, arguing the nation had ignored the order by failing to enroll their clients as citizens in an attempt to prevent them from voting in 2025.”
“’To be clear: the citizenship board’s inaction threatens to rob Ms. Grayson and Mr. Kennedy of their opportunity to cast a vote in the first election in this nation for which they are eligible,’ attorneys Jana Knott, Damario Solomon-Simmons and David Riggs wrote. ‘This court should not countenance such an unjust result. Ms. Grayson and Mr. Kennedy respectfully submit that this court should hold the citizenship board in contempt and order it to issue citizenship cards to Ms. Grayson and Mr. Kennedy immediately.’”
“The Muscogee Nation Supreme Court denied the motion the next day — the same day Hill’s executive order was released — finding the citizenship board was entitled to a ‘reasonable amount of time’ to change its policies and indicating Freedmen were not entitled to enrollment before the election.”
Source: “Hill Order Means Freedmen Unlikely to Vote in 2025 Muscogee Nation Elections” from NonDoc, 31 August 2025.
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Originally posted to Facebook: 31 August 2025