Civil Jurisdictions, Tribal Courts, Criminal Defense, Family and Children Issues, Land and Property Rights, Estate Planning, Bankruptcy, Indian Law, Employment Law and Human Rights
Brenda Golden is an enrolled member of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation of Oklahoma. She grew up outside of Clearview, Oklahoma on “Harjo Hill”, attended Sequoyah Indian High School, served in the US Air Force for 8 years and resided in Central Oklahoma from 1986 to 2013. She currently resides in Eastern Oklahoma having relocated to work for her tribal nation. Brenda has three daughters (one deceased) and four grandchildren.
She has a Bachelor's in Business Administration in Marketing and a Masters in Business Administration both conferred from the University of Oklahoma. Brenda graduated from Oklahoma City University School of Law with a Juris Doctor and is a member of the National Native American Bar Association, Oklahoma Bar Association, the Muscogee (Creek) Nation Bar Association and the Eastern District of Oklahoma Federal Court. Brenda serves on the OBA Access to Justice Committee and as Co-Chair of Public Relations for the OBA Indian Law Section. She takes part in activities of the Mvskoke Women’s Leadership, Oklahoma Federation of Indian Women, and WhispernThunder.
Brenda has previously worked to increase public awareness on such issues as saving sacred sites, racism by police and in the justice system, female incarceration in Oklahoma and abolishing celebration of 89er days and the land-run re-enactments in public schools. She has been a source of information in independent media as hostess of Womyns Warrior Talk and Red Town Radio from 2009 to 2016 and writing as the Oklahoma City Native American Examiner from 2008 to 2013. She is co-founder of the Society to Preserve Indigenous Rights and Indigenous Treaties (S.P.I.R.I.T.)
Her professional work experience includes over 15 years in Human Resources and Executive Management and 10 years with the State of Oklahoma. She has dedicated the last 10 years to working with tribal governments and native organizations. Brenda is an outspoken activist, advocate and seeker of justice for the people. She has presented oral testimony before the U.S. Congress, the U.S. State Department and written testimony to the U.N. Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues regarding Native American treaty rights and inherent retained rights. Ms. Golden has met with several Governors of the State of Oklahoma, the Attorney General and countless members of the Legislature to lobby for human and civil rights for American Indians.
Currently Ms. Golden continues to live in Eastern Oklahoma and operate a Sole Proprietorship of legal services. She specializes in Indian Law, Property Law, Oil and Gas, Mineral Rights, Civil Cases, Human Rights, and Civil Rights. Brenda is licenses to practice in any Oklahoma District Court, the Eastern and Northern District Federal Courts, the Muscogee Creek Nation District Court, and the Seminole Nation District Courts.
