EditorialDavid Hill, the principal chief of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, wrote to the tribe’s national council proposing town hall events and a period of public comment to discuss citizenship for Creek Freedmen. (Chris Creese/The New York Times)
EditorialArchibald S. McKennon, center, enrolled Freedmen as part of the Dawes Commission in the early 1900s on what was then Cherokee Nation land. (Aylesworth Album Collection/Oklahoma Historical Society via The New York Times)