Movement Rights said, "We opened with the history of the Phillip Deere Round House from Bonnie Deere (Mvskoke). We are grateful to share this space for the Convening of the Four Winds and learn of what this space was created for and continues to be a place for the Mvskoke community. We gather here to be in ceremony, build strategy to protect indigenous lands, and defend the Rights of Nature."
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Defending the Ancestors, Voices from Phillip Deere Round House
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By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, Sept. 7, 2024
OKEMAH, Oklahoma -- The ancestors who were left behind, fleeing for safety, were buried in Alabama, when the Mvskoke were forced on the cruel Trail of Tears. Today, speaking at the Phillip Deere Round House in Oklahoma, Muscogee Creek described how it is all about the money these days for those who dug up the ancestors and handled them in a disrespectful way to build a casino.
Mvskoke Samuel 'Bonnie' Deere, son of Phillip Deere, spoke on the creation of the Phillip Deere Round House, and the devastation of 57 Mvskoke ancestors who were dug up in Alabama for a casino.