Creek Indian territory

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Creek Indian territory was the ancestral homeland of the Muscogee (Creek) people in the southeastern United States before their forced removal and the subsequent creation of counties and states on their lands.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous homeland
Muscogee (Creek) homeland
historical region
affectedByEvent Creek War NERFINISHED
Indian Removal NERFINISHED
Trail of Tears NERFINISHED
Treaty of Cusseta (1832) NERFINISHED
Treaty of Fort Jackson NERFINISHED
Treaty of Washington (1826) NERFINISHED
associatedWithEthnicGroup Muscogee (Creek) people NERFINISHED
colonialPowerEncroaching Kingdom of Great Britain NERFINISHED
United States NERFINISHED
culturalRegionOf Muscogee (Creek) culture NERFINISHED
demarcatedBy river systems of the Southeast (e.g., Alabama, Chattahoochee, Tallapoosa)
dispossessedBy U.S. state governments
United States government NERFINISHED
followedBy U.S. states and counties created on former Creek lands
governedBy Creek National Council (historically) NERFINISHED
hasHistoricalSignificanceFor Muscogee (Creek) people NERFINISHED
history of the Southeastern United States
historicallyIncluded parts of present-day Alabama
parts of present-day Florida
parts of present-day Georgia
parts of present-day South Carolina
landCededThrough treaties with the United States
landUse agriculture
hunting grounds
village settlements
languageRegionOf Muscogee language
locatedIn Southern United States
surface form: Southeastern United States
memoryPreservedBy Muscogee (Creek) Nation in Oklahoma NERFINISHED
partOf American Southeast NERFINISHED
historic Creek Confederacy area
preceded formation of Alabama
formation of Florida counties on Creek land
formation of Georgia
formation of South Carolina counties on Creek land
precededBy pre-contact Muscogee settlements
preRemovalHomelandOf Muscogee (Creek) people NERFINISHED
relatedTo Five Civilized Tribes NERFINISHED
Southeastern Woodlands culture area NERFINISHED
religiousSignificanceFor Muscogee (Creek) ceremonial grounds NERFINISHED
resultedInRelocationTo Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma) NERFINISHED
sovereigntyHeldBy Muscogee (Creek) Nation (pre-removal) NERFINISHED
subjectTo U.S. expansionist policies
forced cession of land
timePeriod pre-19th century to mid-19th century
traditionalInhabitants Muscogee (Creek) towns and confederacies

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Barbour County, Alabama formedFrom Creek Indian territory