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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 ...
A small group of the Muscogee Creek Confederacy remained in Alabama, and their descendants formed the federally recognized Poarch Band of Creek Indians. Another Muscogee group moved into Florida between roughly 1767 and 1821, trying to evade European encroachment, [4] and intermarried with local tribes to form the Seminole.
Confederate Units of Indian Territory consisted of Native Americans from the Five Civilized Tribes — the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole nations. [1] The 1st Cherokee Mounted Rifles were commanded by the highest ranking Native American of the war: Brig. Gen. Stand Watie, who also became the last Confederate General to surrender on June 23, 1865. [2]
Henry Putney Beers, The Confederacy: A Guide to the Archives of the Confederate States of America (Washington DC: National Archives and Records Administration, 1968). Kenny A. Franks, "An Analysis of the Confederate Treaties with the Five Civilized Tribes," The Chronicles of Oklahoma 50 (4):458 (1972).
Creeks East of the Mississippi (a.k.a. Principal Creek Indian Nation East of the Mississippi). [26] [30] [31] [32] [76] Letter of Intent to Petition 03/21/1973 (petitioned as part of a State-recognized tribe Lower Muskogee Creek Tribe – East of the Mississippi, Inc., Georgia); declined to Acknowledge 12/21/1981 46 FR 51652, see also 47 FR ...
The Seminole nation came into existence in the late 18th century and was composed of renegade and outcast Native Americans from Georgia, Mississippi, and Alabama, most significantly from among the loose Creek confederacy. They were joined by African Americans who escaped from slavery in South Carolina and Georgia.
Two military engagements were fought at the Cabin Creek Battlefield in the Cherokee Nation within Indian Territory. [c] The location was where the Texas Road [d] [16] crossed Cabin Creek, near the present-day town of Big Cabin, Oklahoma. Both the First and Second Battles of Cabin Creek were launched by the Confederate Army to disrupt Union Army ...
It had aspects of both a town and a tribe, and was the basic unit of the Muscogee Confederacy (historically called the "Creek" [a] Confederacy). Tribal towns were governed by a council of men (and, very rarely, women) of the town who were selected or had obtained recognized status as warriors.