Creek

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The Creek are a Native American people of the Southeastern Woodlands, historically known for their complex chiefdoms, agricultural villages, and later involvement in the Creek Wars and forced removal along the Trail of Tears.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Creek canonical 11
Creek (Muscogee) (in some regions) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (68)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people of the Southeastern Woodlands ⓘ
Muscogee people ⓘ
Native American people ⓘ
capital Okmulgee, Oklahoma ⓘ
censusClassification Native American ⓘ
culturalPractice Green Corn Ceremony ⓘ
stickball ⓘ
ethnographicGroup Muscogee Confederacy ⓘ
experienced Trail of Tears ⓘ
forced removal ⓘ
federallyRecognizedTribe Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town ⓘ
Kialegee Tribal Town ⓘ
Muscogee (Creek) Nation ⓘ
Poarch Band of Creek Indians ⓘ
Thlopthlocco Tribal Town ⓘ
governingBody National Council of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Muscogee ⓘ
linked to: Muscogee people

Muscogee (Creek) Nation ⓘ
Muskogee ⓘ
linked to: Muskogee, Oklahoma
hasNotableLeader Alexander McGillivray ⓘ
Opothleyahola ⓘ
William Weatherford ⓘ
historicalRegion Alabama ⓘ
Florida ⓘ
Georgia ⓘ
South Carolina ⓘ
Southeastern United States ⓘ
Southeastern Woodlands ⓘ
Tennessee ⓘ
involvedInConflict American Revolutionary War ⓘ
Creek War ⓘ
Red Stick War ⓘ
War of 1812 ⓘ
knownFor agricultural villages ⓘ
complex chiefdoms ⓘ
mound-building traditions inherited from Mississippian cultures ⓘ
languageFamily Muskogean languages ⓘ
partOf Five Civilized Tribes ⓘ
politicalStructure chiefdoms ⓘ
confederacy of towns ⓘ
presentRegion Alabama ⓘ
Florida ⓘ
Georgia ⓘ
Oklahoma ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Cherokee ⓘ
Chickasaw ⓘ
linked to: Chickasaw people

Choctaw ⓘ
Seminole ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
traditional Muscogee religion ⓘ
relocatedTo Indian Territory ⓘ
signedTreaty Treaty of Cusseta ⓘ
Treaty of Fort Jackson ⓘ
Treaty of Washington (1826) ⓘ
socialOrganization matrilineal clans ⓘ
town-based political structure ⓘ
speaksLanguage English language ⓘ
Muscogee language ⓘ
subjectTo Indian Removal Act ⓘ
traditionalCrop beans ⓘ
corn ⓘ
squash ⓘ
traditionalEconomy fishing ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
maize agriculture ⓘ
trade ⓘ
traditionalHousing wattle and daub houses ⓘ
usesWritingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ

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