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Oct 01, 2019  Discover the thrill of winning and a world of luxury at WinStar World Casino and Resort – the ultimate casino resort destination for entertainment! The Wichita people or Kitikiti'sh are a confederation of Southern Plains Native American tribes. Historically they spoke the Wichita language and Kichai language, both Caddoan languages. They are indigenous to Oklahoma, Texas, and Kansas. Today, Wichita tribes, which include the Kichai people, Yscani, Waco, Taovaya, Tawakoni, and the Wichita proper, are federally recognized as the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes.

The Kialegee Tribal Town is a federally recognized Native American tribe in Oklahoma, as well as a traditional township within the former Muscogee Creek Confederacy in the American Southeast. Tribal members pride themselves on retaining their traditions and many still speak their traditional Muscogee language. The name 'Kialegee' comes from the Muscogee word, eka-lache, meaning 'head left.'^[2]

Government[edit]

The Kialegee Tribal Town is headquartered in Wetumka, Oklahoma. Of 700 enrolled tribal members, 629 live within the state of Oklahoma. Its tribal jurisdictional area falls Creek County, Muskogee County, Tulsa County, County, Okmulgee County, Hughes, McIntosh, Okfuskee counties.^[3] The tribe's elected mekko or chief is Jeremiah Hobia, who succeeded Tiger Hobia. The mekko's term is for two years. Tiger Hobia succeeded Jennie Lillard.^[4]

Enrollment in the tribe required an individual to be full-blood Native American: half to full-blood Muscogee Creek and up to one-half Indian of any other tribe.^[5] Documentation for enrollment follows matrilineal descent.^[6] Any descendant of a female Kialegee tribal member is automatically eligible for tribal membership. Spouses of Kialegee tribal members may petition for membership. In special circumstances, any full-blood Indian may petition the tribe for enrollment as an 'Adopted Member.'^[5]

The Kialegee Tribal Town operates its own tribal courts. It has an environmental educational program for youth, the Kialegee Tribal Town's Environmental 'Kub' Program.^[3]

Culture[edit]

Town members and visitors celebrate the annual Kialegee Nettv (Day), a gathering that celebrates the town's history and culture.^[1]

History[edit]

Kialegee emerged as an independent town from a larger Creek town, Tuckabatche,^[6] located along rivers in what is now Alabama. Kialegee in return produced two daughter towns, Hutchechuppa and Achinahutchee. Before removal, the Muscogee Confederacy included about 50 towns. As with the remainder of the Creek people, those of Kialegee had a matrilinealkinship system, with descent figured through the mother's line. Children are considered to be born into the mother's clan and receive their status from her and her people. It was an agrarian community. Women and children grew and processed a variety of crops, while men hunted for game.^[7]

On June 29, 1796 leaders from Kialegee signed a peace treaty with the new United States. But, within a decade the townspeople joined the Red Stick Upper Creeks in the Creek Civil War, in which traditionalists (Red Sticks) fought against the Lower Towns, which tended to have members who were more assimilated to European-American culture, as they had far more interaction with them. In 1813, US troops burned Kialegee. In 1814, 1818, 1825, and 1826, Kialegee representatives signed treaties with the United States. Finally 166 families of Kialegee were forced to relocate to Indian Territory in 1835 after Congress passed the Indian Removal Act.^[8]

The tribe settled south of what would become Henryetta, Oklahoma.^[6] They maintained a ceremonial ground and played stick ball against the Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town. Their ground was put to sleep in 1912 when ethnologistJohn R. Swanton visited the town. He recorded that Kialegee was a Red Town, or community of warriors.^[1]

After the passage of the Oklahoma Indian Welfare Act in 1936, which provided for revival of self-government among the Native American tribes, the US federal government offered each of the Muscogee Creek tribal towns the opportunity to enroll as an individual tribe and establish their own government. Of more than 40 towns, only three accepted: Kialegee, Thlopthlocco, and the Alabama-Quassarte.^[6]

The tribe ratified its constitution and by-laws on June 12, 1941.^[5] The tribe is governed by a mekko or town king.^[6] Additional officers are the First Warrior, Second Warrior, Secretary, and Treasurer.^[5] The first tribal headquarters was the home of Martin Givens.^[5]

Tribal flag[edit]

The flag of the tribe contains a sky blue circle, featuring a pair of stickball sticks, used in the traditional game still played at ceremonial grounds today. The black cross at the top represents the Christian religion. To the left is a hollowed log and beater, which women used to grind corn meal, central to Muscogee diets. At the bottom is a ceremonial lodge with a rounded bark roof, sitting on a mound. This lodge was the center of the tribal town for religious and civic gatherings and also a shelter for the needy. The earthwork mound reflects the Mississippian culture heritage of modern Muscogee people and the complex mounds that culture left. The bald eagle at the right is a sacred animal, featured in many tribal stories.^[9]

Economic development[edit]

The Kialegee Etvlwv Business Committee operates a daycare, gas station, and smoke shop. Kialegee Tribal Town also operates its own housing division. In 2008, its annual tribal economic impact was $1,017,684.^[3]

In 2011 Kialegee Tribal Town was preparing land for development of a Red Clay Casino in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. The National Indian Gaming Commission was reviewing the project closely, as it was strongly opposed on the local level.^[10] The Red Clay Casino plan was halted by a legal injunction in 2012, and despite subsequent progress by the Kialegees in court, was not continued.^[11]

In 2017 further controversy broke out regarding proposed Kialegee development of a different tract of land in Broken Arrow for an Embers Grille restaurant and possible Red Creek Casino, with the Muscogee (Creek) Nation Attorney General warning the landowner about legal consequences for illegal gaming at the site, and an attorney for the Kialegee stating Muscogee interference with the project would be resisted.^[12] On August 16, 2017, the site was raided by Muscogee Lighthorse police prior to the facility's opening, and gambling equipment seized.^[11]

Notes[edit]

1. ^ ^abcClark 175
2. ^Clark 173
3. ^ ^abc2011 Oklahoma Indian Nations Pocket Pictorial Directory.Archived 2012-05-12 at the Wayback MachineOklahoma Indian Affairs Commission. 2011: 17. Retrieved 4 Jan 2012.
4. ^'Kialegee Festival, American Indian Cultural Center and Museum Newsletter. 2009 Q4.
5. ^ ^abcdeUnited States Department of the Interior Office of Indian Affairs. Constitution and By-Laws of the Kialegee Tribal Town, Oklahoma. Washington DC, 1942.
6. ^ ^abcdeMoore, John H. 'Kialegee Tribal Town.' Oklahoma Historical Society's Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History & Culture
7. ^Clark 174
8. ^Clark 174-5
9. ^Healy, Donald T., and Peter J. Orenski. Native American Flags. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2003: 112-3.
10. ^Hylton, Susan. 'Sullivan joins BA casino battle', Tulsa World, 2011. Retrieved 15 June 2018
11. ^ ^abPaighten Harkins. 'Creek Nation police raid potential casino site on tribal land in Broken Arrow, arrest property owner', 'Tulsa World,' August 16, 2017.
12. ^Paighten Harkins. 'Kialegee Tribal Town will resist Muscogee (Creek) Nation interference in possible Broken Arrow casino', 'Tulsa World,' August 8, 2017.

References[edit]

• Clark, C. Blue. Indian Tribes of Oklahoma: A Guide. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2009. ISBN978-0-8061-4060-5.

External links[edit]

• Kialegee Tribal Town, Oklahoma Historical Society

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