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.

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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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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