![Michael Warren FILE - Tracie Revis, center, joins fellow citizens of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation and visitors to the mounds in an exhibition of a stomp dance at the 30th annual Ocmulgee Indigenous Celebration, Sept. 17, 2022, in Macon, Ga. Georgia's Congressional delegation introduced legislation Wednesday, May 1, 2024, to protect some of the ancestral lands of the Muscogee tribe as a national park and preserve. (AP Photo/Michael Warren, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/82af5f7eb2404548822d20e112cacf21/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
FILE - Tracie Revis, center, joins fellow citizens of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation and visitors to the mounds in an exhibition of a stomp dance at the 30th annual Ocmulgee Indigenous Celebration, Sept. 17, 2022, in Macon, Ga. Georgia's Congressional delegation introduced legislation Wednesday, May 1, 2024, to protect some of the ancestral lands of the Muscogee tribe as a national park and preserve. (AP Photo/Michael Warren, File)
![Michael Warren FILE - Seth Clark, mayor pro tem of Macon, Ga., walks in the Bond Swamp National Wildlife Refuge in Round Oak, Ga., Aug. 22, 2022. Georgia's Congressional delegation introduced legislation Wednesday, May 1, 2024, to protect some of the ancestral lands of the Muscogee tribe as a national park and preserve. (AP Photo/Michael Warren, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/0bded9d3b93b43da9db434305f107fbf/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
FILE - Seth Clark, mayor pro tem of Macon, Ga., walks in the Bond Swamp National Wildlife Refuge in Round Oak, Ga., Aug. 22, 2022. Georgia's Congressional delegation introduced legislation Wednesday, May 1, 2024, to protect some of the ancestral lands of the Muscogee tribe as a national park and preserve. (AP Photo/Michael Warren, File)
![Michael Warren FILE - Isley Phillips chases her brother, Noah, and his raccoon-tail hat as part of their traditional Raccoon Dance, Sept. 17, 2022, in Macon, Ga. The teenagers are members of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians and performed at the 30th annual Ocmulgee Indigenous Celebration at the Ocmulgee Mounds. Georgia's Congressional delegation introduced legislation Wednesday, May 1, 2024, to protect some of the ancestral lands of the Muscogee tribe as a national park and preserve. (AP Photo/Michael Warren, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/ed6acbfbdf34421a9a4cc921c8de6029/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
FILE - Isley Phillips chases her brother, Noah, and his raccoon-tail hat as part of their traditional Raccoon Dance, Sept. 17, 2022, in Macon, Ga. The teenagers are members of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians and performed at the 30th annual Ocmulgee Indigenous Celebration at the Ocmulgee Mounds. Georgia's Congressional delegation introduced legislation Wednesday, May 1, 2024, to protect some of the ancestral lands of the Muscogee tribe as a national park and preserve. (AP Photo/Michael Warren, File)
![Mike Stewart FILE - The entrance to the Earth Lodge, where Native Americans held council meetings for 1,000 years until their forced removal in the 1820s, is seen, Aug. 22, 2022, in Macon, Ga. The lodge would be a highlight of the Ocmulgee National Park and Preserve. Georgia's Congressional delegation introduced legislation Wednesday, May 1, 2024, to protect some of the ancestral lands of the Muscogee tribe as a national park and preserve. (AP Photo/Sharon Johnson, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/1fc3cd11113746eba5c6068eb5f243f3/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
FILE - The entrance to the Earth Lodge, where Native Americans held council meetings for 1,000 years until their forced removal in the 1820s, is seen, Aug. 22, 2022, in Macon, Ga. The lodge would be a highlight of the Ocmulgee National Park and Preserve. Georgia's Congressional delegation introduced legislation Wednesday, May 1, 2024, to protect some of the ancestral lands of the Muscogee tribe as a national park and preserve. (AP Photo/Sharon Johnson, File)