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”.
Ellen Perryman is my maternal grandmother. Mary Colbert Gooden is my mother. I know this story well!