Creek (Muscogee) Nation

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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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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

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Second Creek War conflictBetween Creek (Muscogee) Nation
this entity surface form: Muscogee
Second Creek War ethnicGroupInvolved Creek (Muscogee) Nation
this entity surface form: Muscogee (Creek)
Second Creek War affectedPopulation Creek (Muscogee) Nation
this entity surface form: Creek Nation
Osceola motherEthnicity Creek (Muscogee) Nation
this entity surface form: Muscogee (Creek)
Osceola languageSpoken Creek (Muscogee) Nation
this entity surface form: Muscogee
Poarch Creek Indian Reservation ethnicGroup Creek (Muscogee) Nation
this entity surface form: Muscogee (Creek) people
Muscogee language spokenBy Creek (Muscogee) Nation
this entity surface form: Muscogee (Creek) people
Muscogee language hasAlternativeName Creek (Muscogee) Nation
this entity surface form: Mvskoke
Muscogee language hasEthnologueEntry Creek (Muscogee) Nation
this entity surface form: Muscogee
Muscogee language hasCulturalSignificanceFor Creek (Muscogee) Nation
this entity surface form: Muscogee (Creek) people
Creek War (1813–1814) mainBelligerent Creek (Muscogee) Nation
this entity surface form: Muscogee (Creek) allies of the United States
Red Stick War conflictWithin Creek (Muscogee) Nation
this entity surface form: Muscogee (Creek) Nation
Red Stick War conflictWithin Creek (Muscogee) Nation
this entity surface form: Creek Nation
Treaty of Fort Jackson signatory Creek (Muscogee) Nation
this entity surface form: Creek Nation
Treaty of Fort Jackson signatory Creek (Muscogee) Nation
this entity surface form: Muscogee Nation
Treaty of Fort Jackson affectedPeople Creek (Muscogee) Nation
this entity surface form: Creek Nation
Treaty of Washington (1826) signatory Creek (Muscogee) Nation
this entity surface form: Muscogee (Creek) Nation
Treaty of Cusseta (1832) hasSignatory Creek (Muscogee) Nation
this entity surface form: Muscogee (Creek) Nation
Treaty of Cusseta (1832) affectedArea Creek (Muscogee) Nation
this entity surface form: Creek Nation lands east of the Mississippi River
Green Corn Ceremony practicedBy Creek (Muscogee) Nation
this entity surface form: Muscogee (Creek) Nation
Muscogee (Creek) Nation Constitution appliesTo Creek (Muscogee) Nation
this entity surface form: Muscogee (Creek) Nation
Muscogee (Creek) Nation Constitution legalJurisdiction Creek (Muscogee) Nation
this entity surface form: Muscogee (Creek) Nation
Okmulgee, Oklahoma governmentalCenterOf Creek (Muscogee) Nation
this entity surface form: Muscogee (Creek) Nation
Okmulgee, Oklahoma culturalCenterOf Creek (Muscogee) Nation
this entity surface form: Muscogee (Creek) Nation
Okmulgee, Oklahoma isHeadquartersOf Creek (Muscogee) Nation
this entity surface form: Muscogee (Creek) Nation
Okmulgee, Oklahoma wasCapitalOf Creek (Muscogee) Nation
this entity surface form: Muscogee (Creek) Nation (Indian Territory era)
National Council of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation partOf Creek (Muscogee) Nation
this entity surface form: Muscogee (Creek) Nation
National Council of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation appliesToJurisdiction Creek (Muscogee) Nation
this entity surface form: Muscogee (Creek) Nation
National Council of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation isPartOf Creek (Muscogee) Nation
this entity surface form: sovereign government of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation
Will Sampson ethnicGroup Creek (Muscogee) Nation
this entity surface form: Muscogee (Creek) Nation
Lower Creeks partOf Creek (Muscogee) Nation
this entity surface form: Muscogee (Creek) Nation
Lower Creeks successorCommunity Creek (Muscogee) Nation
this entity surface form: Muscogee (Creek) Nation in Oklahoma
Benjamin Hawkins residence Creek (Muscogee) Nation
this entity surface form: Creek Nation
Creek Turnpike namedAfter Creek (Muscogee) Nation
this entity surface form: Creek Nation
Yuchi politicalAffiliation Creek (Muscogee) Nation
this entity surface form: Muscogee (Creek) Nation
Poarch Band of Creek Indians tribalAffiliation Creek (Muscogee) Nation
this entity surface form: Muscogee (Creek) Nation (historical)
Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana isRelatedTo Creek (Muscogee) Nation
this entity surface form: Muscogee (Creek) Nation
Dawes Rolls appliesTo Creek (Muscogee) Nation
this entity surface form: Creek Nation
Five Civilized Tribes Museum dedicatedTo Creek (Muscogee) Nation
this entity surface form: Muscogee (Creek) Nation
Five Civilized Tribes Museum servesCommunity Creek (Muscogee) Nation
this entity surface form: Muscogee (Creek) Nation
Lower Creek subgroupOf Creek (Muscogee) Nation
this entity surface form: Muscogee (Creek) Nation
Northeastern Oklahoma isCulturalRegionFor Creek (Muscogee) Nation
this entity surface form: Muscogee (Creek) Nation
Hitchiti people subgroupOf Creek (Muscogee) Nation
this entity surface form: Creek Confederacy
Hitchiti people ethnicGroupOf Creek (Muscogee) Nation
this entity surface form: Creek Confederacy
Hitchiti people relatedEthnicGroup Creek (Muscogee) Nation
this entity surface form: Muscogee (Creek) Nation
Hitchiti people descendantCommunities Creek (Muscogee) Nation
this entity surface form: Muscogee (Creek) Nation in Oklahoma
Muskogee, Oklahoma hasNearbyTribe Creek (Muscogee) Nation
this entity surface form: Muscogee (Creek) Nation
Natchez people descendantsIn Creek (Muscogee) Nation
this entity surface form: Muscogee (Creek) Nation