The building measures 100 by 80 feet with two identical entrances on both the north and south elevations.

Official languages include Muscogee, Yuchi, Natchez, Alabama, and Koasati, with Muscogee retaining the largest number of speakers.

They commonly refer to themselves as Este Mvskokvlke ( pronounced isti mskglgi ).

Historically, they were often referred to by European Americans as one of the Five Civilized Tribes of the American Southeast.

The Muskogean-speaking Alabama, Koasati, Hitchiti, and Natchez people are also enrolled in this nation.

Algonquian -speaking Shawnee 4 and Yuchi (language isolate) are also enrolled in the Muscogee Creek Nation, although historically, the latter two groups were from different language families and cultures than the Muscogee.

The Muscogee Nations Reservation status was affirmed in 2020 by the decision of the United States Supreme Court in Sharp v.

Murphy, which held that the allotted Muscogee (Creek) Nation reservation in Oklahoma has not been disestablished and therefore retains jurisdiction over tribal citizens in Creek, Hughes, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Mayes, McIntosh, Muskogee, Rogers, Seminole, Tulsa, and Wagoner counties in Oklahoma.

Seat of government for both Legislative and Judicial branches of government.

The government of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation is divided into three branches: executive, legislative, and judicial.

Okmulgee is the capital of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation and also serves as the seat of government.

Opothle Yahola: Muscogee (Creek) Chief circa 1800s.

The Principal Chief and Second Chief are democratically elected every four years.

Citizens cast ballots for both the Principal Chief and Second Chief as they are elected individually.

The Principal Chief then chooses staff; some of which must be confirmed by the legislative branch known as The National Council.

National Council representatives draft and sponsor the laws and resolutions of the Nation.

The eight districts include: Creek, Tulsa, Wagoner, Okfuskee, Muskogee, Okmulgee, McIntosh, and Tukvpvtce (Hughes).

The Court is vested with exclusive appellate jurisdiction over all civil and criminal matters that fall under Mvskoke jurisdiction and serves as the final interpretive authority on Mvskoke law.

The Court consists of seven justices who serve six-year terms after nomination by the Principal Chief and confirmation by the National Council.

Annually, the Court selects from its members a Chief Justice and Vice-Chief Justice.

The M(C)N Bar Association has Facebook and Twitter accounts for members to stay connected.

Of these, 60,403 lived within the state of Oklahoma.

Since 1979, membership to the tribe is based on documented lineal descent from persons listed as Creek Indians by Blood on the Dawes Rolls.

It educates and encourages tribal members to grow their own traditional foods for health, environmental sustainability, economic development, and sharing of knowledge and community between generations.

Non-gaming business ventures include both Muscogee Nation Business Enterprise 15 (MNBE) and Onefire.

MNBE and Onefire oversee economic development as well as investigating, planning, organizing and operating business ventures projects for the tribe related to non-gaming business.

Gaming enterprises consist of 9 stand alone casinos; the largest being River Spirit Casino Resort featuring Margaritaville in Tulsa.

The revenue from both gaming and non-gaming business are reinvested to develop new businesses, as well as support the welfare of the tribe.

Exterior walls of the symmetrical Italianate building are constructed of rough-faced sandstone in a coarse ashlar pattern with paired brackets at the cornice.

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