Upper Creeks

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The Upper Creeks were a major regional division of the Muscogee (Creek) people, traditionally living in towns along the upper reaches of the Alabama, Coosa, and Tallapoosa rivers in what is now the southeastern United States.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Upper Creeks canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people
Muscogee division
Native American group
affectedBy Indian Removal NERFINISHED
colonialContactWith Great Britain NERFINISHED
Spain NERFINISHED
United States government NERFINISHED
conflictWith Lower Creeks NERFINISHED
United States NERFINISHED
country United States of America
surface form: United States
culturalPractice Green Corn Ceremony NERFINISHED
cultureArea Southeastern Woodlands NERFINISHED
demography town-based population clusters
economy agriculture
fishing
hunting
ethnicGroupOf Muscogee (Creek) Confederacy NERFINISHED
governedBy micos (chiefs)
town councils
historicalEra 18th century
19th century
involvedIn Creek War NERFINISHED
Red Stick War NERFINISHED
language Muscogee language NERFINISHED
languageFamily Muskogean languages
locatedIn Southern United States
surface form: Southeastern United States
opposedTo Lower Creeks NERFINISHED
partOf Creek Confederacy NERFINISHED
politicalStructure clan-based society
town-based organization
relatedEthnicGroup Lower Creeks NERFINISHED
Seminole NERFINISHED
Yuchi NERFINISHED
religion Southeastern Woodlands traditional religion
removedTo Indian Territory NERFINISHED
present-day Oklahoma
riverineSettlement Alabama River NERFINISHED
Coosa River NERFINISHED
Tallapoosa River NERFINISHED
socialOrganization matrilineal clans
subgroupOf Muscogee (Creek) people NERFINISHED
traditionalRegion Alabama River basin NERFINISHED
Coosa River basin NERFINISHED
Tallapoosa River basin NERFINISHED
present-day Alabama
treatySubjectOf Treaty of Fort Jackson NERFINISHED

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

Creek (Muscogee) subgroup Upper Creeks
Lower Creeks neighboringGroup Upper Creeks