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In the 1830s Muscogee people were rounded up by the US military at gunpoint and forced into exile halfway across the continent. When Oklahoma was created on top of Muscogee land, the new state claimed their reservation no longer existed. Here Rebecca Nagle recounts the generations-long fight for tribal land and sovereignty in eastern Oklahoma. By chronicling both the contemporary legal battle and historic acts of Indigenous resistance, By the Fire We Carry exposes both the wrongs that our nation has committed and the Native-led battle for justice that has shaped our country.