Upper Creek faction

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The Upper Creek faction was a traditionalist group of Muscogee (Creek) people in the early 19th century who resisted U.S. expansion and accommodationist Creek leaders.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Lower Creek faction 1
Upper Creek faction canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Muscogee (Creek) subgroup ⓘ
political faction ⓘ
alliedWith Tecumseh’s pan-Indian movement ⓘ
associatedEvent Battle of Horseshoe Bend ⓘ
associatedWith Red Stick warriors ⓘ
linked to: Red Sticks
conflict Creek War ⓘ
Red Stick War ⓘ
consequence defeat in the Creek War ⓘ
large-scale land loss for the Creek Nation ⓘ
culturalPolicy maintenance of traditional Creek town structure ⓘ
culturalStance resistance to acculturation ⓘ
demography primarily Creek traditionalists ⓘ
ethnicGroup Muscogee (Creek) people ⓘ
linked to: Muscogee people
goal preservation of Creek cultural practices ⓘ
preservation of Creek land ⓘ
preservation of traditional Creek governance ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Red Stick faction ⓘ
Upper Creeks ⓘ
historicalContext U.S. expansion into Creek territory ⓘ
early 19th-century Indian policy of the United States ⓘ
ideology traditionalism ⓘ
influencedBy Shawnee leader Tecumseh ⓘ
linked to: Tecumseh
language Muscogee language ⓘ
locatedIn Alabama region ⓘ
Southeastern United States ⓘ
Upper Creek towns ⓘ
militaryTactics guerrilla warfare ⓘ
notableLeader High Head Jim ⓘ
Menawa ⓘ
Peter McQueen ⓘ
William Weatherford ⓘ
opposed U.S. expansion ⓘ
accommodationist Creek leaders ⓘ
opposedGroup Lower Creeks ⓘ
Muscogee accommodationist chiefs ⓘ
opposedPolicy U.S. assimilation policies toward Native Americans ⓘ
partOf Muscogee (Creek) Nation (historical) ⓘ
politicalPosition anti-treaty ⓘ
regionType upland Creek communities ⓘ
religiousInfluence traditional Muscogee spiritual practices ⓘ
resisted U.S.-style centralized leadership among Creeks ⓘ
land cessions to the United States ⓘ
missionary influence ⓘ
resultOf internal Creek political divisions ⓘ
pressure from U.S. settlers ⓘ
socialBase inland and upriver Creek towns ⓘ
timePeriod early 19th century ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

William McIntosh → opponent → Upper Creek faction ⓘ
Red Stick faction of the Creek → opposedTo → Lower Creek faction ⓘ
linked to: Upper Creek faction