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
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T298279 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Creek (Muscogee) Context triple: [Georgia Gold Rush, affectedEthnicGroup, Creek (Muscogee)]
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Altamaha River
The Altamaha River is a major river in the U.S. state of Georgia, known for its extensive watershed, rich biodiversity, and largely undeveloped, scenic coastal plain environment.
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Chattahoochee River
The Chattahoochee River is a major river in the southeastern United States that flows from northern Georgia along the Georgia–Alabama border and into Florida, playing a key role in the region’s ecology, water supply, and recreation.
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Escambia River
The Escambia River is a major river in the Florida Panhandle and southern Alabama, known for its extensive wetlands, rich biodiversity, and role in regional navigation and recreation.
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Flint River
The Flint River is a major river in the southeastern United States that flows through western Georgia, playing a key role in the region’s ecology, agriculture, and water supply.
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Savannah River
The Savannah River is a major waterway in the southeastern United States that forms much of the border between Georgia and South Carolina and flows into the Atlantic Ocean.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Creek (Muscogee) Target entity description: 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.
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A.
Altamaha River
The Altamaha River is a major river in the U.S. state of Georgia, known for its extensive watershed, rich biodiversity, and largely undeveloped, scenic coastal plain environment.
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B.
Chattahoochee River
The Chattahoochee River is a major river in the southeastern United States that flows from northern Georgia along the Georgia–Alabama border and into Florida, playing a key role in the region’s ecology, water supply, and recreation.
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C.
Escambia River
The Escambia River is a major river in the Florida Panhandle and southern Alabama, known for its extensive wetlands, rich biodiversity, and role in regional navigation and recreation.
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D.
Flint River
The Flint River is a major river in the southeastern United States that flows through western Georgia, playing a key role in the region’s ecology, agriculture, and water supply.
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E.
Savannah River
The Savannah River is a major waterway in the southeastern United States that forms much of the border between Georgia and South Carolina and flows into the Atlantic Ocean.
- F. None of above. chosen
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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Subject: Creek (Muscogee) Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (6)
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