Google Maps has noted the newly recognized boundaries of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation of Oklahoma that reflects the July 9 ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court.
The High Court ruled that Congress never “disestablished” the boundaries of the Nation, whose reservation now includes 3 million acres in and around the city of Tulsa in Northeastern Oklahoma.
Google Map issued this statement: “Google Maps aims to provide the freshest, most accurate map possible. In response to July’s Supreme Court decision, we worked to evaluate authoritative data and then used this information to add labels and borders for the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, and Seminole reservations to Google Maps. These reservations are now viewable and searchable on Google Maps.”
Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. hailed this change: “After the monumental US Supreme Court ruling in McGirt v Oklahoma, we’ve had many questions about our reservation boundaries, which always existed on paper maps. Now that our reservation is labeled on Google Maps, it’s easy for people around the world to search and see our reservation boundaries.”
