Creek ancestral homeland
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The Creek ancestral homeland is the traditional territory in the southeastern United States historically inhabited and culturally shaped by the Muscogee (Creek) people before their forced cession and removal.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Indigenous homeland
ⓘ
Muscogee (Creek) cultural region ⓘ historical region ⓘ |
| affectedByEvent |
Creek War (1813–1814)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Indian Removal Act of 1830 NERFINISHED ⓘ Treaty of Cusseta (1832) NERFINISHED ⓘ Treaty of Fort Jackson NERFINISHED ⓘ Treaty of Washington (1826) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithEthnicGroup |
Muscogee (Creek) Nation
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Muscogee (Creek) tribal towns NERFINISHED ⓘ Poarch Band of Creek Indians NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains |
Etowah Indian Mounds region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hickory Ground area NERFINISHED ⓘ Ocmulgee Old Fields NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coreArea |
central Alabama river valleys
ⓘ
western Georgia river valleys ⓘ |
| culturallyShapedBy |
Muscogee (Creek) agricultural practices
ⓘ
Muscogee (Creek) ceremonial grounds NERFINISHED ⓘ Muscogee (Creek) clan system ⓘ Muscogee (Creek) mound-building traditions ⓘ Muscogee (Creek) town-based political organization ⓘ Muscogee (Creek) towns NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSignificance | central to Muscogee (Creek) identity and origin narratives ⓘ |
| historicallyInhabitedBy | Muscogee (Creek) people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
colonial era
ⓘ
early United States period ⓘ pre-contact era ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Southern United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Southeastern United States
present-day Alabama ⓘ present-day Florida ⓘ present-day Georgia ⓘ present-day Mississippi ⓘ present-day South Carolina ⓘ present-day Tennessee ⓘ |
| modernSuccessorRegion | Oklahoma Muscogee (Creek) Nation jurisdiction (as relocation site) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | American Southeast cultural area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | ancestral territory in contemporary Muscogee (Creek) cultural memory ⓘ |
| resultedIn | forced removal of many Muscogee (Creek) people to Indian Territory ⓘ |
| subjectTo |
Indian Removal policies
ⓘ
land cessions to the United States ⓘ |
| traversedBy |
Alabama River
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Apalachicola River NERFINISHED ⓘ Chattahoochee River NERFINISHED ⓘ Coosa River NERFINISHED ⓘ Flint River NERFINISHED ⓘ Ocmulgee River NERFINISHED ⓘ Oconee River NERFINISHED ⓘ Tallapoosa River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.