“Five Civilized Tribes”

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The Five Civilized Tribes were a group of Native American nations in the southeastern United States—primarily the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek (Muscogee), and Seminole—known for adopting many European-American customs before being forcibly removed from their homelands in the 19th century.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf group of Native American tribes ⓘ
historical collective term ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Five Civilised Tribes ⓘ
characterizedBy bicameral or representative councils in some nations ⓘ
codified legal systems ⓘ
mixed economies of farming, hunting, and trade ⓘ
colonialPowerInteractingWith United States ⓘ
event Trail of Tears ⓘ
forced removal in the 1830s ⓘ
historicalImpact long-term legal disputes over land and sovereignty ⓘ
major loss of ancestral homelands ⓘ
reestablishment of governments in Indian Territory ⓘ
knownFor Christian missionary influence ⓘ
adoption of many European-American customs ⓘ
development of written constitutions ⓘ
establishment of centralized governments ⓘ
literacy and formal education systems ⓘ
participation in plantation agriculture ⓘ
use of chattel slavery ⓘ
languageFamily Iroquoian languages ⓘ
Muskogean languages ⓘ
legalContext Indian Removal Act of 1830 ⓘ
locatedInThePast present-day Alabama ⓘ
present-day Florida ⓘ
present-day Georgia ⓘ
present-day Mississippi ⓘ
present-day Tennessee ⓘ
member Cherokee Nation ⓘ
Chickasaw Nation ⓘ
Choctaw Nation ⓘ
Muscogee (Creek) Nation ⓘ
Seminole Nation ⓘ
modernSuccessorJurisdictions Cherokee Nation (Oklahoma) ⓘ
Chickasaw Nation (Oklahoma) ⓘ
linked to: Chickasaw Nation

Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma ⓘ
linked to: Choctaw Nation

Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians ⓘ
Muscogee (Creek) Nation (Oklahoma) ⓘ
Seminole Nation of Oklahoma ⓘ
Seminole Tribe of Florida ⓘ
linked to: Seminole

United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians ⓘ
name Five Civilized Tribes ⓘ
region Southeastern United States ⓘ
removedTo Indian Territory ⓘ
present-day Oklahoma ⓘ
termCoinedBy European-American settlers ⓘ
termReflects Eurocentric judgment of "civilization" ⓘ
timePeriod 18th century ⓘ
19th century ⓘ
treaty Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek ⓘ
Treaty of Doaksville ⓘ
Treaty of New Echota ⓘ
Treaty of Payne's Landing ⓘ
Treaty of Washington (1826) ⓘ

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Trail of Tears → appliesToEthnicGroup → “Five Civilized Tribes” ⓘ
Choctaw Nation → isOneOf → Five Civilized Tribes ⓘ
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Chickasaw Nation → isPartOf → Five Civilized Tribes ⓘ
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Creek (Muscogee) Nation → isPartOf → Five Civilized Tribes ⓘ
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Sooner State → associatedWithEthnicHeritage → Five Civilized Tribes ⓘ
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Creek (Muscogee) → isPartOf → Five Civilized Tribes ⓘ
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Civil War in Indian Territory → involves → Five Civilized Tribes ⓘ
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Curtis Act of 1898 → relatedTo → Five Civilized Tribes ⓘ
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Organic Act of 1890 → affected → Five Civilized Tribes in Indian Territory ⓘ
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Five Civilized Tribes → name → Five Civilized Tribes ⓘ
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Seminole Nation of Oklahoma → partOf → Five Civilized Tribes ⓘ
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Creek → partOf → Five Civilized Tribes ⓘ
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Chickasaw people → memberOf → Five Civilized Tribes ⓘ
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Inter-Tribal Council of the Five Civilized Tribes → ethnicGroupRepresented → Five Civilized Tribes ⓘ
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Inter-Tribal Council of the Five Civilized Tribes → governingBodyOf → Five Civilized Tribes (collective political coordination) ⓘ
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Creek Indian territory → relatedTo → Five Civilized Tribes ⓘ
linked to: “Five Civilized Tribes”