MUSCOGEE (CREEK) NATION
Chief of Staff, Michael Flud
Michael Flud, who is ½ Creek, was born on March 9, 1947 in Okmulgee, Oklahoma. He is a life long resident of Okmulgee County. He attended Twin Hills Grade School and graduated from Preston High School in 1964. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree and two Masters of Education degrees from Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. He retired from the education field in August 1998 after thirty one years of teaching as a school counselor, coach and athletic director.
Flud was nominated and confirmed to the first Muscogee (Creek) Nation Supreme Court in 1979. He was a member of the first court having been re-nominated and confirmed in 1998 to his fourth consecutive six year term. He has served five terms as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. He was also on the Board of Directors of the National American Indian Judges Association. He was appointed as Chief of Staff in June, 2005.
Flud is married to Beth Montgomery, who has taught at Okmulgee High School for 26 years.
Michael Flud belongs to the Nokosvlke clan and his tribal town is Tuskegee. |
