OKMULKE, Oklv. – The year is 1918 and in Oklahoma 35 Mvskoke citizens would meet at Hickory Stomp Ground to discuss the formation of a community veterans group. Hyperbolic media coverage, paranoia and racist Native American stereotypes would coalesce to dub this event the “Creek Draft Rebellion”.
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What Is The Creek Draft Rebellion of 1918?
A look at the history behind a rebellion that never existed.
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Ellen Perryman is my maternal grandmother. Mary Colbert Gooden is my mother. I know this story well!