The Supreme Court was re-established by Article VII. Under the inherent sovereign authority of the Mvskoke Nation, the Nation's citizens ratified the modern Mvskoke Nation Constitution on October 6, 1979. The eight districts include: Creek, Tulsa, Wagoner, Okfuskee, Muskogee, Okmulgee, McIntosh, and Tukvpvtce (Hughes). National Council representatives draft and sponsor the laws and resolutions of the Nation. The legislative branch is the National Council and consists of sixteen members elected to represent the 8 districts within the tribe's jurisdictional area. The current members of the executive branch are as follows: The Principal Chief then chooses staff some of which must be confirmed by the legislative branch known as The National Council. Citizens cast ballots for both the Principal Chief and Second Chief as they are elected individually. The Principal Chief and Second Chief are democratically elected every four years. The Executive branch is led by the Principal Chief, Second Chief, Tribal Administrator, and Secretary of the Nation. Opothle Yahola: Muscogee (Creek) Chief circa 1800s Executive branch Other federally recognized Muscogee groups include the Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town, Kialegee Tribal Town, and Thlopthlocco Tribal Town of Oklahoma the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana, and the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas. Algonquian-speaking Shawnee and Yuchi (language isolate) are also enrolled in the Muscogee Creek Nation, although historically, the latter two groups were from different language families and cultures than the Muscogee. The Muskogean-speaking Alabama, Koasati, Hitchiti, and Natchez people are also enrolled in this nation. The Muscogee (Creek) Nation is the largest of the federally recognized Muscogee tribes. Historically, they were often referred to by European Americans as one of the Five Civilized Tribes of the American Southeast. They commonly refer to themselves as Este Mvskokvlke ( pronounced ). Official languages include Muscogee, Yuchi, Natchez, Alabama, and Koasati, with Muscogee retaining the largest number of speakers. The nation descends from the historic Creek Confederacy, a large group of indigenous peoples of the Southeastern Woodlands. The Muscogee (Creek) Nation, rebranded in May of 2021 as simply the Muscogee Nation, is a federally recognized Native American tribe based in the U.S. Other Muscogee people, Alabama, Hitchiti, Koasati, Natchez Nation, Shawnee, Seminole, and Yuchi