Lower Creek

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The Lower Creek were a major Native American group in the southeastern United States, forming part of the Creek (Muscogee) peoples and playing a central role in early 18th-century colonial conflicts.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Lower Creek canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American people ⓘ
historical ethnic group ⓘ
alliedWith various European colonial powers at different times ⓘ
conflictWith British colonists ⓘ
Spanish authorities in Florida ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
culture Muscogee (Creek) culture ⓘ
linked to: Muscogee people
distinctFrom Upper Creek ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf southeastern United States ⓘ
ethnonym Lower Creek Indians ⓘ
linked to: Lower Creek people

Lower Creeks ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
trade ⓘ
hasLanguage Muscogee language ⓘ
hasLanguageFamily Muskogean languages ⓘ
hasReligion traditional Muscogee religion ⓘ
historicalStatus displaced in 19th century Indian removals ⓘ
influenced colonial-era diplomacy in the Southeast ⓘ
trade networks in the southeastern United States ⓘ
interactedWith British colonies in North America ⓘ
linked to: British America

French Louisiana ⓘ
Spanish Florida ⓘ
locatedIn Southeastern Woodlands ⓘ
present-day Alabama ⓘ
present-day Florida ⓘ
present-day Georgia ⓘ
partOf Creek ⓘ
Creek Confederacy ⓘ
linked to: Muscogee people

Muscogee ⓘ
linked to: Muscogee people
playedRoleIn early 18th-century colonial conflicts in the Southeast ⓘ
practiced communal agriculture ⓘ
town-based settlement patterns ⓘ
region Ocmulgee River region ⓘ
linked to: Ocmulgee River

lower Chattahoochee River valley ⓘ
relatedGroup Seminole ⓘ
Upper Creek ⓘ
Yuchi ⓘ
subgroupOf Muscogee (Creek) Nation ⓘ
timePeriod 17th century ⓘ
18th century ⓘ
early 19th century ⓘ
traditionalFood beans ⓘ
maize ⓘ
squash ⓘ
traditionalHousing wooden houses with thatched roofs ⓘ
usedPoliticalStructure Creek Confederacy council ⓘ
village-based councils ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Yamasee War → mainBelligerent → Lower Creek ⓘ
Yamasee → alliedWith → Lower Creek ⓘ