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Creek (Muskogee) by Kenneth W. McIntosh – Encyclopedia of North American Indians; History of the Creek Indians in Georgia; Comprehensive Creek Language materials online; Southeastern Native American Documents, 1763–1842 Archived April 7, 2020, at the Wayback Machine. New Georgia Encyclopedia entry Archived July 23, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
The Muscogee Nation, or Muscogee (Creek) Nation, [3] is a federally recognized Native American tribe based in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The nation descends from the historic Muscogee Confederacy, a large group of indigenous peoples of the Southeastern Woodlands. They commonly refer to themselves as Este Mvskokvlke (pronounced [isti ...
Muscogee (Creek) Nation Principal Chief David Hill shares brief remarks during a ceremony honoring the Muscogee Tribe at the Calhoun County Courthouse on Wednesday, May 15, 2024. A Blountstown ...
Each town had a civil chief (Muscogee micco) and a war chief (Muscogee tvstvnvke). The council had a white side and a red side. The white side of the council consisted of the chief, his assistant (Muscogee heniha), and the "second men" (Muscogee henihalgi), one of whom was the chief's speaker (Muscogee yatika). Members of the white side were ...
Muscogee and Seminole tribe officials were on hand in 2007 during the debut of "American Royalty," the third sculptural group installed in the Indian Heritage Tableau at the R.A. Gray Building ...
A painful history . Once among the largest tribal nations in the Southeast, the Muscogee territory includes parts of the present-day states of Alabama, Florida, Georgia and South Carolina. After passing the Indian Removal Act in 1830, the U.S. forced the Muscogee people to leave their capital.
The Muscogee traded pelts of white tailed deer and Native American slaves captured in traditional raids against other tribes. They received West Indian rum, European cloth, glass beads, hatchets, swords, and flintlock rifles from the colonial traders. Carolinian fur traders, who were men of capital, took Muscogee wives, often the daughters of ...
Land that once was a village inhabited by an estimated 3,000 people is now the site of a city park with sports fields and a walking trail, said RaeLynn Butler, who manages the nation's historical ...