Upper Creek faction
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The Upper Creek faction was a traditionalist group of Muscogee (Creek) people in the early 19th century who resisted U.S. expansion and accommodationist Creek leaders.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Muscogee (Creek) subgroup
ⓘ
political faction ⓘ |
| alliedWith | Tecumseh’s pan-Indian movement ⓘ |
| associatedEvent | Battle of Horseshoe Bend NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Red Stick warriors NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict |
Creek War
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Red Stick War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| consequence |
defeat in the Creek War
ⓘ
large-scale land loss for the Creek Nation ⓘ |
| culturalPolicy | maintenance of traditional Creek town structure ⓘ |
| culturalStance | resistance to acculturation ⓘ |
| demography | primarily Creek traditionalists ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Muscogee (Creek) people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| goal |
preservation of Creek cultural practices
ⓘ
preservation of Creek land ⓘ preservation of traditional Creek governance ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Red Stick faction
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Upper Creeks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
U.S. expansion into Creek territory
ⓘ
early 19th-century Indian policy of the United States ⓘ |
| ideology | traditionalism ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Shawnee leader Tecumseh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | Muscogee language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Alabama region
ⓘ
Southern United States ⓘ
surface form:
Southeastern United States
Upper Creek towns ⓘ |
| militaryTactics | guerrilla warfare ⓘ |
| notableLeader |
High Head Jim
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Menawa NERFINISHED ⓘ Peter McQueen NERFINISHED ⓘ William Weatherford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opposed |
U.S. expansion
ⓘ
accommodationist Creek leaders ⓘ |
| opposedGroup |
Lower Creeks
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Muscogee accommodationist chiefs ⓘ |
| opposedPolicy | U.S. assimilation policies toward Native Americans ⓘ |
| partOf | Muscogee (Creek) Nation (historical) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalPosition | anti-treaty ⓘ |
| regionType | upland Creek communities ⓘ |
| religiousInfluence | traditional Muscogee spiritual practices ⓘ |
| resisted |
U.S.-style centralized leadership among Creeks
ⓘ
land cessions to the United States ⓘ missionary influence ⓘ |
| resultOf |
internal Creek political divisions
ⓘ
pressure from U.S. settlers ⓘ |
| socialBase | inland and upriver Creek towns ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early 19th century ⓘ |
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