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How did the news spread to Oklahoma when those who were enslaved were freed after the Civil War?
Monday marked 158 years since the emancipation of enslaved African Americans in the U.S.
Descendants of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation’s former slaves say it is time the tribe finally honors the commitment it made in 1866 to give them citizenship.
The descendants of formerly enslaved tribal citizens have been fighting on a rocky legal path for two decades for their right to be citizens.