Creek Nation Amicus Brief

The role of the Amicus Curiae (latin for “friend of the court”), as it applies to the American legal system, is that of “A non-party who gives evidence before the court so as to assist it with research, argument, or submissions.”(A Dictionary of Law 9th edition).  There were several groups and individuals who participated in this capacity. Four of these groups/ individuals are especially worth highlighting (The Indigenous Women’s Resource Center, the National Congress of American Indians, the amici curiae of historians,legal scholars, and the Cherokee Nation, and the Amicus Curiae of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation.  These four groups are noteworthy because they are Native American led groups that took an interest and who made contributions to the arguments in Mcguirk v Oklahoma. The bibliographies and the arguments in the Amicus Curiae presented by The Muscogee Nation, historians, and legal scholars, and other indigenous groups present Supreme Court decisions, treaties, legislative and executive material, and publications by scholars and “other authorities' .