By KWGS News
Tulsa, OK – The Kialegee Tribal Town is extremely disappointed to hear that Principal Chief Tiger has chosen to oppose our project on political grounds. The Kialegee Tribal Town had hoped that the change in Muscogee Creek Nation leadership would finally mean that all Creek tribal towns would be able to pursue economic development opportunities without opposition and interference. The Kialegee Tribal Town, however, remains hopeful that we can resolve our differences with the Muscogee Creek Nation through inter-tribal discussions. The Kialegee Tribal Town has the legal right as a successor to the Creek Confederacy to pursue economic development on lands located within our former reservation boundaries.
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Finally, we have to express sadness that our fellow Creek Confederacy members would oppose for political reasons our attempts to finally attain economic self-sufficiency in light of our shared history of forced removal through the "Trail of Tears." That long march saw many of our people either die or contract illnesses that affected them for the remainder of their lives. In addition, our shared history in Oklahoma was one of widespread lack of economic opportunity and abject poverty for many of our members. Chief Tiger seems to have turned his back on his own tribal and family history and, in the process, proposed that our Tribe forever be second class citizens within its own reservation as defined by federal law.
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