Creek (Muscogee)

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The Creek (Muscogee) are a Native American people of the Southeastern Woodlands, historically centered in present-day Georgia and Alabama, known for their complex chiefdoms, mound-building heritage, and later forced removal along the Trail of Tears.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Creek (Muscogee) canonical 4
Creek 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (60)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people of the Southeastern Woodlands
Native American people
centralInstitution town council square ground
colonialContactWith British colonists
French colonists
Spanish colonists
culturalHeritage Mississippian culture legacy
mound-building tradition
culturalPractice stickball
stomp dance
currentPopulationCenter Alabama
Florida
Oklahoma
ethnonymInOwnLanguage Creek (Muscogee) Nation
surface form: Mvskoke
experienced forced removal
land cessions to the United States
federallyRecognizedTribe Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town
Kialegee Tribal Town
Creek (Muscogee) Nation
surface form: Muscogee (Creek) Nation

Poarch Band of Creek Indians
Thlopthlocco Tribal Town
hasAlternativeName Creek (Muscogee) Nation
surface form: Muscogee

Creek (Muscogee) Nation
surface form: Muscogee (Creek)

Creek (Muscogee) Nation
surface form: Muscogee Nation

Creek (Muscogee) Nation
surface form: Mvskoke
historicalRegion Southeastern Woodlands
present-day Alabama
present-day Florida
present-day Georgia
present-day South Carolina
isPartOf “Five Civilized Tribes”
surface form: Five Civilized Tribes
language Muscogee language
languageFamily Muskogean languages
legalStatus sovereign tribal nations within the United States
notableLeader Alexander McGillivray
Opothleyahola
William Weatherford
politicalStructure Creek (Muscogee) Nation
surface form: Creek Confederacy
religion Christianity
traditional Muscogee religion
relocatedTo Indian Territory
present-day Oklahoma
signedTreatyWith United States government
socialOrganization complex chiefdoms
matrilineal clans
town-based political system
subgroup Lower Creeks
Upper Creeks
tookPartIn American Revolutionary War alliances
Creek War (1813–1814)
surface form: Creek War

War of 1812 alliances
traditionalCeremony Green Corn Ceremony
traditionalClothing cloth shirts and leggings with beadwork
traditionalEconomy hunting and fishing
maize agriculture
trade with other tribes and Europeans
traditionalHousing wattle and daub houses
wasPartOf Creek (Muscogee) Nation
surface form: Creek Confederacy
wasSubjectOf Indian Removal policy of the United States
surface form: Indian Removal policies

Trail of Tears

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

Georgia Gold Rush affectedEthnicGroup Creek (Muscogee)
Queen Anne's War belligerent Creek (Muscogee)
this entity surface form: Creek
Mississippian culture influenced Creek (Muscogee)
British–Native American wars opponent Creek (Muscogee)
this entity surface form: Creek
Eastern Woodlands traditionalInhabitants Creek (Muscogee)
Yamasee neighboringGroup Creek (Muscogee)