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The article reports that the Muscogee Nation in Oklahoma has celebrated the 108th birthday of Martha Berryhill, the last of the Indian tribe's original allottees and one of the oldest people in the state. As the last original allottee, Berryhill is the only remaining human connection to the tribe's pre-statehood and tribal membership roots.

The article offers news briefs concerning issues related to Indians of North America. Paulla Dove Jennings, former councilwoman of the Narragansett Tribe, announced that she is running for chief sachem of the tribe. It is reported that a runoff election has been scheduled for November 3, 2007, to decide who will be the chief of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation. Jackson K. Bussell, a boxer who was a member of the Klamath Tribe, died a day after he collapsed in the ring of a six-round boxing match.

The article discusses the election forum titled "Come Home to the Homeland," organized by the Tennessee Creek Association (TCA), in Tennessee, as of September 2015, and mentions that the forum was attended by people like Arlene Davis, candidate for the Principal Chief and Tribal Council.

The article announces that Muscogee (Creek) Nation Chief Tiger has received the American Indian Leadership Award at the 29th Annual National Reservation Economic Summit (National RES) at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada on March 10, 2015.

The article reports on a meeting between Del Marsh, the finance chairman for the Alabama Republican Party, and the Poarch Band of Creek Indians during the 2010 election season. It highlights the statements of Marsh concerning the conversation and the alleged donation that he got from the tribe through the Republican State Leadership Committee (RSLC). It says that the issue on donation emerged after Speaker of the House Mike Hubbard was accused of using the tribe to hide fund sources.

The article reports that the U.S. District Court Judge Keith Watkins has dismissed a lawsuit filed by the state of Alabama challenging the right of the Poarch Band of Creek Indians to run three casinos in the state, holding that it has no authority to prohibit the activity on Indian lands.

The article reports on the possible management by the Muscogee (Creek) Nation of the Red Clay Casino being developed by the Kialegee Tribal Town in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma.

The article reports on the proposed archeological excavation of ancient Creek Indian towns in Amerson River Park in Macon, Georgia. The project will be headed by Macon native and Oxford University doctoral student Stephen Hammack who plans to research Creek towns along the Ocmulgee between 1680 and 1716. Hammack's research aims to learn more about the layout and size of Creek towns and their trade with Europeans.

The article reports that a Muscogee Creek Nation tribal leader has said that the proposed Red Clay Casino in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma would mean more economic independence for his tribe.

Several letters to the editor are presented about the Muscogee (Creek) Nation Challenge Bowl competition and the 8th annual commemoration of Pueblo Independence Day at Jemez Monument in New Mexico in August 2011.

The article reports that the Poarch Band of Creek Indians are building a 17-story casino hotel out of the rolling farmlands and pine forests in Atmore, Alabama along Interstate 65. The casino is to be filled with 1,600 electronic bingo games in halls enlivened by the flashing lights and ringing bells of a Las Vegas-style gambling palace.

The article reports that the Muscogee Creek Nation in Tulsa, Oklahoma has raised the tribe's minimum wage to $9.25 per hour. The increase, which went into effect in October 2008, was a major initiative of Chieg A.D. Ellis. Tribe spokesman Thompson Gouge added that tribal employees who prove fluent in the Creek language will receive a 50-cent-per-hour raise.

The article reports that officials from four American Indian tribes prayed in their native languages to bless the BOK Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Tribal officials stood at the four compass points of the building and offered their blessings to ensure its long-term success. Osage Nation was to the north, Creek Nation was to the south, Cherokee Nation was to the east and an Otoe tribal member representing the Plains Indian was to the west.

The article reports on the ceremony in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma held in honor of the Muscogee tribal members who signed the Dawes Roll. The signing of the Dawes Roll is an acknowledgement of their Native heritage that led to an allotment of 160 acres of land to each signee and the end of the reservation systems for the tribes in Oklahoma. The ceremony was organized by the Tulsa Historical Society.

The article reports on the opposition of the national council of the Muscogee Nation to a legislation that would make English the official language of the state in Okmulgee, Oklahoma. The council unanimously passed a resolution concerning the proposal during its monthly meeting on April 26, 2008. Details about the provisions of the bill are cited.

The article reports on the permission given to the Poarch Band of Creek Indians to become co-defendants in an anti-gambling lawsuit filed by Alabama Attorney General Troy King against the U.S. Department of the Interior. The lawsuit was filed in an attempt to prevent the federal government from forcing the state to negotiate rules allowing the tribe to install video gaming machines at its bingo parlors in Atmore, Wetumpka and Montgomery.

The article reports on the efforts made by Muscogee (Creek) Nation to counteract the rising drug crimes in Tulsa, Oklahoma. To fight the rise of drug related crimes on tribal land, Muscogee is considering a unique agreement that allows a tribal police officer to be cross-commissioned as a federal drug agent. This permits Lighthorse Tribal Police to enter an agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice's Drug Enforcement Admin.

The article discusses how a tribal justice has stepped in to stop a recount of ballots in the Muscogee (Creek) Nation's principal chief runoff election because of questions about the seals on ballot boxes. The article explains that tribal justices overseeing the recount voted unanimously to disallow the recount because they could not determine whether the ballot boxes from one of the precinct's had remained untouched.

The article reports on the November 3, 2007 election results for the Creek Nation. It is reported that Creek Nation chief A.D. Ellis was re-elected by a margin of 21 votes. The article explains that election rules allow for protests to be filed, but Ellis' oppenent, George Tiger, has not decided whether he will request a recount. An overview is presented of other election results from the election.

The article discusses how 90 people in east-central Oklahoma were arrested on drug-related charges. The arrests were part of a special operation dubbed "Operation Sixkiller," which targeted the suppliers of methamphetamine, cocaine, crack cocaine and marijuana in and around the Creek tribal gaming facilities and Indian lands located in Muskogee, McIntosh, and Okmulgee counties.

The article reports on Native American jingle dancer Tahnee Ahtoneharjo, who performs in a different U.S. city nearly every weekend. The Kiowa and Muskogee Creek nations member began as a child with ballet lessons, and moved to Indian dance at powwows. She competes wearing dresses of her own making.

The article reports that the United States Department of Labor has given the Oklahoma-based Muscogee (Creek) Nation a $3.8 million grant to be used for technology-driven regional education and economic development activities. The tribe is working with the nonprofit group Global Trade and Technology Corp to improve education and career opportunities in the tribes region that spans over 11-counties in Oklahoma.

The article presents the author's thoughts about powwows. She describes the summer powwow season in the U.S., and recalls attending them as a child with her father, who was a Kickapoo, and her mother, who was Creek. Because the author's father was in the Navy when she was growing up they moved a lot and were able to attend powwows all around the country.

The article reports on the decision of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation to raise its hourly mininum wage to help with employee retention. A statement from principal chief A. D. Ellis about the wage is considered. An overview of the type of people employed by the tribe. An overview of minimum wage given by other Indian Nations is considered.

The article discusses the plans of the Muscogee Creek Nation to build a casino in place of the historic Fountainhead Lodge in Eufaula, Oklahoma. Auctioning off the materials in the building was the first step to the reconstruction of the lodge. $9 million in bonds were sold by the state, receiving $1.3 million in federal grants to build the Fountainhead as well as the ranch-style Arrowhead Lodge on Lake Eufaula property, which is owned by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

The article focuses on the plan of the Muscogee Creek Nation National Council of building a small casino at the site of the Capitol Heights Elementary School in Holdenville, Oklahoma, which closed in the 1980s and was bought by the tribe. Creek Nation National Council spokesman George Tiger stated that the casino, which is expected to open in spring 2007, will stand next to a tribal community center within the old school.

Reports on the ruling issued by a Creek Nation tribal court on the case filed by Fred Johnson and Ron Graham who claimed they were denied due process of their enrollment applications when they sought citizenship in the Creek Nation. Facts of the case; Comments given by attorney Damario Solomon Simmons on the failure of the ruling to clarify whether all black freedmen will be allowed into the tribe; Tribal law cited by the judge which he used as a basis to have the plaintiffs' enrollment applications be reviewed.

This article presents information on the tribal casino planned by the Muscogee (Creek) Nation to be constructed in Tulsa, Oklahoma and opened in 2007. Developers of the casino and the Indian nation itself plans to place the casino on top in terms of size, giving Tulsa three large casinos built since 2004. The plan is worth over $100 million, with Nevada Gold and Casinos receiving a portion of the casino's net profits and management fee.

Reports on a mass transit system through buses unveiled by the Muscogeee Nation at its Annual Creek Nation Festival in Oklahoma in 2005. Views of tribal officials on the establishment of the system; Commencement of the transit system's operation.