Creek

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The Creek are a Native American people of the Southeastern Woodlands, historically known for their complex chiefdoms, agricultural villages, and later involvement in the Creek Wars and forced removal along the Trail of Tears.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people of the Southeastern Woodlands
Muscogee people
Native American people
capital Okmulgee, Oklahoma NERFINISHED
censusClassification Native American
culturalPractice Green Corn Ceremony NERFINISHED
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ethnographicGroup Muscogee Confederacy NERFINISHED
experienced Trail of Tears NERFINISHED
forced removal
federallyRecognizedTribe Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town NERFINISHED
Kialegee Tribal Town NERFINISHED
Muscogee (Creek) Nation NERFINISHED
Poarch Band of Creek Indians NERFINISHED
Thlopthlocco Tribal Town NERFINISHED
governingBody National Council of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeName Muscogee NERFINISHED
Muscogee (Creek) Nation NERFINISHED
Muskogee NERFINISHED
hasNotableLeader Alexander McGillivray NERFINISHED
Opothleyahola NERFINISHED
William Weatherford NERFINISHED
historicalRegion Alabama NERFINISHED
Florida NERFINISHED
Georgia NERFINISHED
South Carolina NERFINISHED
Southeastern United States NERFINISHED
Southeastern Woodlands NERFINISHED
Tennessee NERFINISHED
involvedInConflict American Revolutionary War NERFINISHED
Creek War NERFINISHED
Red Stick War NERFINISHED
War of 1812 NERFINISHED
knownFor agricultural villages
complex chiefdoms
mound-building traditions inherited from Mississippian cultures
languageFamily Muskogean languages NERFINISHED
partOf Five Civilized Tribes NERFINISHED
politicalStructure chiefdoms
confederacy of towns
presentRegion Alabama NERFINISHED
Florida NERFINISHED
Georgia NERFINISHED
Oklahoma NERFINISHED
relatedEthnicGroup Cherokee NERFINISHED
Chickasaw NERFINISHED
Choctaw NERFINISHED
Seminole NERFINISHED
religion Christianity
traditional Muscogee religion
relocatedTo Indian Territory NERFINISHED
signedTreaty Treaty of Cusseta NERFINISHED
Treaty of Fort Jackson NERFINISHED
Treaty of Washington (1826) NERFINISHED
socialOrganization matrilineal clans
town-based political structure
speaksLanguage English language
Muscogee language NERFINISHED
subjectTo Indian Removal Act NERFINISHED
traditionalCrop beans
corn
squash
traditionalEconomy fishing
hunting
maize agriculture
trade
traditionalHousing wattle and daub houses
usesWritingSystem Latin alphabet

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