{"product_id":"a-promise-kept-the-muscogee-creek-nation-and-mcgirt-v-oklahoma-hardback-9780806191713","title":"A Promise Kept; The Muscogee (Creek) Nation and McGirt V. Oklahoma (Hardback) 9780806191713","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA Promise Kept\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Muscogee (Creek) Nation and McGirt V. Oklahoma\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRobert J. Miller (Author), Robbie Ethridge (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780806191713\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 26 January 2023\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e308 pages, 6 maps\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.272 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e“The \u003ci\u003eMcGirt\u003c\/i\u003e Supreme Court decision upholding the Muscogee reservation is one of the most important legal victories for tribal sovereignty in this century. But it didn’t come out of nowhere. Miller and Ethridge provide the long history and important legal context for readers to understand how we got here: that on the far end of the Trail of Tears a promise was kept.”—Rebecca Nagle (Cherokee Nation), journalist and host of \u003ci\u003eThis Land \u003c\/i\u003epodcast\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eA Promise Kept \u003c\/i\u003eplaces the blockbuster 2020 U.S. Supreme Court decision of \u003ci\u003eMcGirt v. Oklahoma\u003c\/i\u003e into historical perspective and presents a thorough legal assessment of the court suit, its arguments, and its ramifications. The book will have wide appeal.”—Blue Clark, author of \u003ci\u003eIndian Tribes of Oklahoma, A Guide \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eA Promise Kept \u003c\/i\u003eis a must-have for those seeking to understand the full history and legal complexities of Oklahoma and the thirty-nine Indigenous Nations therein, as told from the experiences of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation.”—Stacy Leeds (Cherokee Nation), co-author of \u003ci\u003eMastering American Indian Law, \u003c\/i\u003e2nd edition\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e“At the end of the Trail of Tears there was a promise,” U.S. Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote in the decision issued on July 9, 2020, in the case of \u003ci\u003eMcGirt v. Oklahoma\u003c\/i\u003e. And that promise, made in treaties between the United States and the Muscogee (Creek) Nation more than 150 years earlier, would finally be kept. With the Court’s ruling, the full extent of the Muscogee (Creek) Reservation was reaffirmed—meaning that 3.25 million acres of land in Oklahoma, including part of the city of Tulsa, were recognized once again as “Indian Country” as defined by federal law. \u003ci\u003eA Promise Kept\u003c\/i\u003e explores the circumstances and implications of \u003ci\u003eMcGirt v. Oklahoma\u003c\/i\u003e, likely the most significant Indian law case in well over 100 years. Combining legal analysis and historical context, this book gives an in-depth, accessible account of how the case unfolded and what it might mean for Oklahomans, the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, and other tribes throughout the United States.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e For context, Robbie Ethridge traces the long history of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation from its inception in present-day Georgia and Alabama in the seventeenth century; through the tribe’s rise to regional prominence in the colonial era, the tumultuous years of Indian Removal, and the Civil War and allotment; and into its resurgence in Oklahoma in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Against this historical background, Robert J. Miller considers \u003ci\u003eMcGirt v. Oklahoma\u003c\/i\u003e, examining important related cases, precedents that informed the Court’s decision, and future ramifications—legal, civil, regulatory, and practical—for the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, federal Indian law, the United States, the state of Oklahoma, and Indian nations in Oklahoma and elsewhere. Their work clarifies the stakes of a decision that, while long overdue, raises numerous complex issues profoundly affecting federal, state, and tribal relations and law—and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Oklahoma Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52551753105688,"sku":"9780806191713","price":48.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/a-promise-kept-the-muscogee-creek-nation-and-mcgirt-v-oklahoma-hardback-9780806191713","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}