Red Stick War

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Red Stick War was an early 19th-century civil conflict within the Muscogee (Creek) Nation that became part of the broader Creek War and the War of 1812, pitting traditionalist “Red Stick” warriors against Creek factions allied with the United States.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf civil conflict
internal conflict
war
conflictWithin Creek Nation
Muscogee (Creek) Nation
endTime 1814
hasAlternativeName Red Stick rebellion
linked to: Red Stick uprising

Red Stick uprising
hasBroaderContext United States expansion in the Southeast
War of 1812 in the American South
hasCause division within Creek society over accommodation to the United States
religious and cultural revitalization movement among the Muscogee
resistance to U.S. encroachment on Creek lands
hasCommander Andrew Jackson
William Weatherford
hasEthnicGroup Creek people
linked to: Hitchiti people

Muscogee people
linked to: Hitchiti people
hasInvolvedParty Cherokee allies of the United States
Tennessee militia
United States Army
hasKeyBattle Battle of Horseshoe Bend
Fort Mims massacre
hasLocation Southeastern United States
present-day Alabama
present-day Georgia
hasOpponent Red Stick faction
U.S.-allied Creek factions
hasParticipant Red Stick faction
United States–allied Creek factions
traditionalist Muscogee warriors
hasResult defeat of the Red Stick faction
large-scale land cessions by the Creek Nation to the United States
weakening of Creek political autonomy
partOf Creek War
War of 1812
relatedTo Creek War
Indian removal in the United States
Treaty of Fort Jackson
War of 1812
startTime 1813

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