In a last-ditch effort to retain Native sovereignty, Creek Nation chief Pleasant Porter, pictured here, helped organize a 1905 movement to create a Native American-governed U.S. state called Sequoyah.

The State of Sequoyah Book and Music store has made a commitment to the citizens of Muskogee and to support city’s iconic venue, the historic Roxy Theater.

The State of Sequoyah: Indigenous Sovereignty and the Quest for an Indian State, by Donald L. Fixico, University of Oklahoma Press, 206 pages, $34.95 In McGirt v.

The State of Sequoyah Centennial Exhibit at the Cherokee National Museum, located within the heritage center, has been on display throughout the summer and wraps up Oct. 1.

Despite becoming part of the new state of Oklahoma, the people—and their lands—who would have formed the state of Sequoyah retained their separate legal status, as the Supreme Court in McGirt v.

The State of Sequoyah: Indigenous Sovereignty and the Quest for an Indian State, by Donald L. Fixico, University of Oklahoma Press, 206 pages, $34.95 In McGirt v.