Creek ancestral homeland

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The Creek ancestral homeland is the traditional territory in the southeastern United States historically inhabited and culturally shaped by the Muscogee (Creek) people before their forced cession and removal.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Creek ancestral homeland canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous homeland ⓘ
Muscogee (Creek) cultural region ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
affectedByEvent Creek War (1813–1814) ⓘ
Indian Removal Act of 1830 ⓘ
Treaty of Cusseta (1832) ⓘ
Treaty of Fort Jackson ⓘ
Treaty of Washington (1826) ⓘ
associatedWithEthnicGroup Muscogee (Creek) Nation ⓘ
Muscogee (Creek) tribal towns ⓘ
Poarch Band of Creek Indians ⓘ
contains Etowah Indian Mounds region ⓘ
Hickory Ground area ⓘ
Ocmulgee Old Fields ⓘ
coreArea central Alabama river valleys ⓘ
western Georgia river valleys ⓘ
culturallyShapedBy Muscogee (Creek) agricultural practices ⓘ
Muscogee (Creek) ceremonial grounds ⓘ
Muscogee (Creek) clan system ⓘ
Muscogee (Creek) mound-building traditions ⓘ
Muscogee (Creek) town-based political organization ⓘ
Muscogee (Creek) towns ⓘ
hasSignificance central to Muscogee (Creek) identity and origin narratives ⓘ
historicallyInhabitedBy Muscogee (Creek) people ⓘ
linked to: Muscogee people
historicalPeriod colonial era ⓘ
early United States period ⓘ
pre-contact era ⓘ
locatedIn Southeastern United States ⓘ
present-day Alabama ⓘ
present-day Florida ⓘ
present-day Georgia ⓘ
present-day Mississippi ⓘ
present-day South Carolina ⓘ
present-day Tennessee ⓘ
modernSuccessorRegion Oklahoma Muscogee (Creek) Nation jurisdiction (as relocation site) ⓘ
partOf American Southeast cultural area ⓘ
recognizedAs ancestral territory in contemporary Muscogee (Creek) cultural memory ⓘ
resultedIn forced removal of many Muscogee (Creek) people to Indian Territory ⓘ
subjectTo Indian Removal policies ⓘ
land cessions to the United States ⓘ
traversedBy Alabama River ⓘ
Apalachicola River ⓘ
Chattahoochee River ⓘ
Coosa River ⓘ
Flint River ⓘ
Ocmulgee River ⓘ
Oconee River ⓘ
Tallapoosa River ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Treaty of Fort Jackson → region → Creek ancestral homeland ⓘ