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“The McGirt 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 This Land podcast “A Promise Kept places the blockbuster 2020 U.S. Supreme Court decision of McGirt v. Oklahoma 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 Indian Tribes of Oklahoma, A Guide “A Promise Kept is 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 Mastering American Indian Law, 2nd edition

A Promise Kept places the blockbuster 2020 U.S. Supreme Court decision of McGirt v. Oklahoma 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 Indian Tribes of Oklahoma, A Guide McGirt v. Oklahoma will shape U.S.-tribal relations for decades to come, but this pivotal court case is often misunderstood and misrepresented. Here, two leading scholars in Native American history and law join forces to explore the origins and potential consequences of the decision. Authoritative and lucid, A Promise Kept is essential reading for anyone interested in the future of Indigenous politics in the United States. --Claudio Saunt, author of Unworthy Republic: The Dispossession of Native Americans and the Road to Indian Territory

A Promise Kept is 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 Mastering American Indian Law, 2nd edition The McGirt 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 This Land podcast A Promise Kept places the blockbuster 2020 U.S. Supreme Court decision of McGirt v. Oklahoma 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 Indian Tribes of Oklahoma, A Guide McGirt v. Oklahoma will shape U.S.-tribal relations for decades to come, but this pivotal court case is often misunderstood and misrepresented. Here, two leading scholars in Native American history and law join forces to explore the origins and potential consequences of the decision. Authoritative and lucid, A Promise Kept is essential reading for anyone interested in the future of Indigenous politics in the United States. --Claudio Saunt, author of Unworthy Republic: The Dispossession of Native Americans and the Road to Indian Territory

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Robert J. Miller is Professor of Law at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University. He is the author of Reservation “Capitalism”: Economic Development in Indian Country and Native America, Discovered and Conquered: Thomas Jefferson, Lewis and Clark, and Manifest Destiny. Robbie Ethridge is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Mississippi. She is the author of From Chicaza to Chickasaw: The European Invasion and the Transformation of the Mississippian World, 1540–1715 and Creek Country: The Creek Indians and Their World, 1796–1816.

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