Creek

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The Creek are a Native American people of the Southeastern Woodlands, historically known for their complex chiefdoms, agricultural villages, and later involvement in the Creek Wars and forced removal along the Trail of Tears.

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Label Occurrences
Creek canonical 11
Creek (Muscogee) (in some regions) 1

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Statements (68)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people of the Southeastern Woodlands
Muscogee people
Native American people
capital Okmulgee, Oklahoma
censusClassification Native American
culturalPractice Green Corn Ceremony
stickball
ethnographicGroup Muscogee Confederacy
experienced Trail of Tears
forced removal
federallyRecognizedTribe Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town
Kialegee Tribal Town
Muscogee (Creek) Nation
Poarch Band of Creek Indians
Thlopthlocco Tribal Town
governingBody National Council of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation
hasAlternativeName Muscogee
linked to: Muscogee people

Muscogee (Creek) Nation
Muskogee
linked to: Muskogee, Oklahoma
hasNotableLeader Alexander McGillivray
Opothleyahola
William Weatherford
historicalRegion Alabama
Florida
Georgia
South Carolina
Southeastern United States
Southeastern Woodlands
Tennessee
involvedInConflict American Revolutionary War
Creek War
Red Stick War
War of 1812
knownFor agricultural villages
complex chiefdoms
mound-building traditions inherited from Mississippian cultures
languageFamily Muskogean languages
partOf Five Civilized Tribes
politicalStructure chiefdoms
confederacy of towns
presentRegion Alabama
Florida
Georgia
Oklahoma
relatedEthnicGroup Cherokee
Chickasaw
linked to: Chickasaw people

Choctaw
Seminole
religion Christianity
traditional Muscogee religion
relocatedTo Indian Territory
signedTreaty Treaty of Cusseta
Treaty of Fort Jackson
Treaty of Washington (1826)
socialOrganization matrilineal clans
town-based political structure
speaksLanguage English language
Muscogee language
subjectTo Indian Removal Act
traditionalCrop beans
corn
squash
traditionalEconomy fishing
hunting
maize agriculture
trade
traditionalHousing wattle and daub houses
usesWritingSystem Latin alphabet

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