Gail Jackson - Muscogee Creek Freedmen - a podcast by Red Town Radio

from 2010-07-17T22:00

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The Muscogee Creek Freedman Band is a non-profit organization, based in (Creek Nation) Okmulgee, Oklahoma. MCFB is operated by volunteers descended from the Creek Indian Freedmen; designated as Freedmen by the Dawes Commission in the late 1800’s.


Mission Statement

To promote self-sufficiency in the preservation of our unparalleled cultural heritage through the implementation of educational programs that depict the accurate history of the African-Creek Indian Freedmen; to embrace the unique cultural heritage of the African-Creek Indian Freedmen ancestral lineage through educational research; to support the reconnection of families by assisting members in genealogical research, tracing members to the Creek tribal rolls; and to educate members and the public of the African Creeks' political rights as citizens of the Creek Nation, defined by the Creek Treaty of 1866(Article 2).


http://www.1866creekfreedmen.com/index.htm



Additional information on the Creek Freedmen: http://www.thecreekfreedmen.com/id1.html

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