A WW1 Battle on American Soil? A Discussion on the “Creek Draft Rebellion” of 1918

Battles of the First World War Podcast

Mike Cunha

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4.8 • 812 Ratings

🗓️ 4 May 2021

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Listener discretion advised: This episode contains some language, as well as racial terms and themes that are considered offensive. These terms and themes are being used here in the context of the First World War era.

Ok, so the episode title is a lackluster attempt at clickbait. But if I have gotten you to click on to this episode, do please stay. What follows is an interesting discussion on a now little-known incident that occurred In Henryetta, Oklahoma during June of 1918. Labeled the “Creek Draft Rebellion” by sensationalist journalists, a dispute between Creek Nation Native Americans and a local merchant was soon morphed into an anti-government and anti-conscription uprising.

Historian and Oklahoma native James Gregory joins me in a discussion of the context of the events surrounding the so-called rebellion, the event itself, the aftermath, and whether the rebellion really happened at all.

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0:00.0	We're good. Okay, so I think we're recording.
0:05.1	Yes, it's just since it's my screen, yeah, it's recording.
0:08.0	Perfect. All right.
0:10.1	Hey, folks, welcome to the battles of the First World War podcast.
0:14.4	So the episode title is just a rather pathetic and probably crass attempt at clickbait.
0:21.8	But if I have gotten you to click on to this episode, do please stay.
0:27.7	Because what follows is, I'm sure, to be an interesting discussion
0:31.2	on a now little-known incident that occurred in Henrietta, Oklahoma during June of 1918,
0:40.3	labeled the Creek Draft Rebellion by sensationalist journalists, a dispute between Creek Nation Native Americans and a local merchant
0:48.3	was soon morphed into an anti-government and anti-conscription uprising.
1:01.3	With me today is James Gregory on the podcast for a second time to discuss the background of this event.
1:09.5	James is a published historian and student currently working on his PhD in history at the University of Oklahoma.
1:11.6	James, welcome. Welcome to the show again.
1:13.6	It's great to have you here.
1:15.6	Thank you.
1:16.6	And yeah, let's go ahead and let's start off, man.
1:19.6	Tell us a bit about yourself and how you came to be interested in World War I in general.
1:25.6	World War I in general, I generally did military history and to be honest it was the video games,
1:32.3	battlefield one came out and I played it, loved it, and it got me interested in the actual battles.
1:40.3	So I started looking into World War I and I just fell into it from there and opportunities
1:45.0	kept coming up and work my way through and as I've gone through obviously did Marine Corps
1:51.6	the last time I talked with you dealing with some of the army and since I'm here I grew up in
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