Red Stick Creeks

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The Red Stick Creeks were a militant faction of the Creek Nation in the early 19th century who resisted American expansion and fought in the Creek War.

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Red Stick Creeks canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Creek faction
Native American resistance movement
militant faction
activeYearsEnd 1814
activeYearsStart 1812
alternativeName Red Sticks
associatedWith British support during War of 1812
Spanish Florida
cause defense of Creek lands
resistance to U.S.-backed treaties
conflict Creek War
War of 1812
country United States
defeatedBy Andrew Jackson
Cherokee allies of the United States
United States Army
ethnicGroup Creek Nation
historicalSignificance major Native American resistance in the Southeast
ideology resistance to U.S. encroachment
traditionalist Creek culture
inspiredBy Native pan-Indian resistance
Tecumseh
language Muscogee (Creek)
linked to: Muscogee people
legacy contributed to U.S. control of the Southeast after defeat
mainRegion Alabama
Georgia
Southeastern United States
militaryTactics guerrilla warfare
namedAfter red-painted war clubs
notableBattle Battle of Burnt Corn
Battle of Horseshoe Bend
Fort Mims massacre
opposedFaction Lower Creeks
opposedTo American expansion
United States
pro-American Creek factions
partOf Creek Nation
populationType warriors and their families
religion traditional Creek religion
resultOfConflict large land cessions by Creek Nation
socialBase Upper Creeks
timePeriod early 19th century
treatyConsequence Treaty of Fort Jackson

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William McIntosh opponent Red Stick Creeks
Battle of Tallushatchee belligerent Red Stick Creeks