Creek Indian territory

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Creek Indian territory was the ancestral homeland of the Muscogee (Creek) people in the southeastern United States before their forced removal and the subsequent creation of counties and states on their lands.

All labels observed (3)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous homeland ⓘ
Muscogee (Creek) homeland ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
affectedByEvent Creek War ⓘ
Indian Removal ⓘ
Trail of Tears ⓘ
Treaty of Cusseta (1832) ⓘ
Treaty of Fort Jackson ⓘ
Treaty of Washington (1826) ⓘ
associatedWithEthnicGroup Muscogee (Creek) people ⓘ
linked to: Muscogee people
colonialPowerEncroaching Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
United States ⓘ
culturalRegionOf Muscogee (Creek) culture ⓘ
linked to: Muscogee people
demarcatedBy river systems of the Southeast (e.g., Alabama, Chattahoochee, Tallapoosa) ⓘ
dispossessedBy U.S. state governments ⓘ
United States government ⓘ
followedBy U.S. states and counties created on former Creek lands ⓘ
governedBy Creek National Council (historically) ⓘ
hasHistoricalSignificanceFor Muscogee (Creek) people ⓘ
linked to: Muscogee people

history of the Southeastern United States ⓘ
historicallyIncluded parts of present-day Alabama ⓘ
parts of present-day Florida ⓘ
parts of present-day Georgia ⓘ
parts of present-day South Carolina ⓘ
landCededThrough treaties with the United States ⓘ
landUse agriculture ⓘ
hunting grounds ⓘ
village settlements ⓘ
languageRegionOf Muscogee language ⓘ
locatedIn Southeastern United States ⓘ
memoryPreservedBy Muscogee (Creek) Nation in Oklahoma ⓘ
partOf American Southeast ⓘ
historic Creek Confederacy area ⓘ
preceded formation of Alabama ⓘ
formation of Florida counties on Creek land ⓘ
formation of Georgia ⓘ
formation of South Carolina counties on Creek land ⓘ
precededBy pre-contact Muscogee settlements ⓘ
preRemovalHomelandOf Muscogee (Creek) people ⓘ
linked to: Muscogee people
relatedTo Five Civilized Tribes ⓘ
Southeastern Woodlands culture area ⓘ
religiousSignificanceFor Muscogee (Creek) ceremonial grounds ⓘ
resultedInRelocationTo Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma) ⓘ
linked to: Indian Territory
sovereigntyHeldBy Muscogee (Creek) Nation (pre-removal) ⓘ
subjectTo U.S. expansionist policies ⓘ
forced cession of land ⓘ
timePeriod pre-19th century to mid-19th century ⓘ
traditionalInhabitants Muscogee (Creek) towns and confederacies ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

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

Barbour County, Alabama → formedFrom → Creek Indian territory ⓘ
Fort Toulouse → locatedIn → Upper Creek territory ⓘ
linked to: Creek Indian territory
Kialegee Tribal Town → partOf → Muscogee (Creek) cultural region ⓘ
linked to: Creek Indian territory