Creek (Muscogee) Nation

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Native American tribe federally recognized tribe indigenous people of the Southeastern Woodlands

The Creek (Muscogee) Nation is a Native American people originally from the Southeastern United States, known for their complex confederacy of towns and later for being forcibly displaced to Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma).

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Observed surface forms (15)

Surface form Occurrences
Muscogee (Creek) Nation 6
Creek Nation 4
Creek Confederacy 3

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American tribe ⓘ
federally recognized tribe ⓘ
indigenous people of the Southeastern Woodlands ⓘ
capital Okmulgee, Oklahoma ⓘ
ceremonialPractice Green Corn Ceremony ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
currentPrimaryLocation Indian Territory ⓘ
surface form: Indian Territory (historical)

eastern Oklahoma ⓘ
surface form: Northeastern Oklahoma

Oklahoma ⓘ
ethnonym Creek (Muscogee) Nation self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Muscogee
hasAlternativeName Creek (Muscogee) Nation ⓘ
surface form: Creek Nation

Creek (Muscogee) Nation ⓘ
surface form: Muscogee (Creek) Nation

Creek (Muscogee) Nation ⓘ
surface form: Muscogee Nation
hasConstitution Muscogee (Creek) Nation Constitution ⓘ
hasCulturalRegion Southeastern Woodlands ⓘ
surface form: Southeastern Woodlands culture area
hasDeputyHead Second Chief of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation ⓘ
hasEnrollment tribal citizenship rolls ⓘ
hasExecutiveHead Principal Chief of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation ⓘ
hasGovernmentType constitutional government ⓘ
hasJudicialSystem Creek (Muscogee) Nation self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Muscogee (Creek) Nation courts
hasLanguage Muscogee language ⓘ
hasLegislature National Council of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation ⓘ
historicalEvent Creek War (1813–1814) ⓘ
Red Stick War ⓘ
Trail of Tears ⓘ
surface form: Trail of Tears era removals

forced removal to Indian Territory ⓘ
historicalStructure confederacy of towns ⓘ
isPartOf “Five Civilized Tribes” ⓘ
surface form: Five Civilized Tribes
isRelatedEthnicallyTo Seminole ⓘ
surface form: Seminole people
isRelatedLinguisticallyTo Cherokee language ⓘ
surface form: Cherokee (contact, not family)

Chickasaw Nation ⓘ
surface form: Chickasaw

Choctaw language ⓘ
surface form: Choctaw
languageFamily Muskogean languages ⓘ
originalRegion Southern United States ⓘ
surface form: Southeastern United States

present-day Alabama ⓘ
present-day Florida ⓘ
present-day Georgia ⓘ
present-day South Carolina ⓘ
recognizedBy United States government ⓘ
surface form: United States federal government
signedTreaty Treaty of Cusseta (1832) ⓘ
Treaty of Fort Jackson ⓘ
Treaty of Washington (1826) ⓘ
traditionalCrops beans ⓘ
corn ⓘ
squash ⓘ
traditionalEconomy agriculture ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
traditionalReligion Muscogee traditional religion ⓘ
traditionalSettlementType towns (talwa) ⓘ
treatyPartner United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States

Referenced by (32)

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

Trail of Tears → appliesToEthnicGroup → Creek (Muscogee) Nation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Muscogee (Creek)
Fort Toulouse-Fort Jackson Park → associatedWith → Creek (Muscogee) Nation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Creek Nation
this entity surface form: Muscogee (Creek) Nation
Muskogee → associatedWithTribes → Creek (Muscogee) Nation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Muscogee (Creek) Nation
Creek War of 1836 → belligerent → Creek (Muscogee) Nation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Muscogee (Creek) people
Green Country (informal region) → contains → Creek (Muscogee) Nation ⓘ
subject surface form: Green Country
this entity surface form: Muscogee (Creek) Nation reservation
Kawita (Coweta) people → culture → Creek (Muscogee) Nation ⓘ
subject surface form: Kawita people
this entity surface form: Muscogee (Creek) culture
Kawita (Coweta) people → descendantCommunity → Creek (Muscogee) Nation ⓘ
subject surface form: Kawita people
this entity surface form: Muscogee (Creek) Nation in Oklahoma
Kawita (Coweta) people → descendantCommunity → Creek (Muscogee) Nation ⓘ
subject surface form: Kawita people
this entity surface form: Poarch Band of Creek Indians
Allie Reynolds → ethnicGroup → Creek (Muscogee) Nation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Creek Nation
Indian Territory → ethnicGroup → Creek (Muscogee) Nation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Muscogee (Creek) people
Creek (Muscogee) Nation → ethnonym → Creek (Muscogee) Nation self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Muscogee
Creek (Muscogee) → hasAlternativeName → Creek (Muscogee) Nation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Muscogee
Creek (Muscogee) Nation → hasAlternativeName → Creek (Muscogee) Nation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Muscogee (Creek) Nation
Creek (Muscogee) Nation → hasAlternativeName → Creek (Muscogee) Nation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Muscogee Nation
Creek (Muscogee) Nation → hasAlternativeName → Creek (Muscogee) Nation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Creek Nation
eastern Oklahoma → hasCulturalRegion → Creek (Muscogee) Nation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Muscogee (Creek) Nation reservation (portion)
Creek (Muscogee) Nation → hasJudicialSystem → Creek (Muscogee) Nation self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Muscogee (Creek) Nation courts
Indian Territory → hasPart → Creek (Muscogee) Nation ⓘ
Native Americans → hasSubgroup → Creek (Muscogee) Nation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Muscogee (Creek)
Piedmont region of Georgia → historicallyInhabitedBy → Creek (Muscogee) Nation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Muscogee (Creek) people
Creek War of 1836 → involvesEthnicGroup → Creek (Muscogee) Nation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Muscogee (Creek)
Kawita (Coweta) people → memberOf → Creek (Muscogee) Nation ⓘ
subject surface form: Kawita people
this entity surface form: Creek Confederacy
Creek War of 1836 → opponent → Creek (Muscogee) Nation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Muscogee (Creek) Nation
Seminole → originFrom → Creek (Muscogee) Nation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Creek (Muscogee) people
Kawita (Coweta) people → partOf → Creek (Muscogee) Nation ⓘ
subject surface form: Kawita people
this entity surface form: Muscogee (Creek) Nation
Creek (Muscogee) → politicalStructure → Creek (Muscogee) Nation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Creek Confederacy
Choctaw Nation → relatedEthnicGroup → Creek (Muscogee) Nation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Creek Nation
Muskogean languages → traditionalSpeakers → Creek (Muscogee) Nation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Creek people
Muskogean languages → usedBy → Creek (Muscogee) Nation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Muscogee (Creek) Nation
Creek (Muscogee) → wasPartOf → Creek (Muscogee) Nation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Creek Confederacy