Red Stick Creeks

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The Red Stick Creeks were a militant faction of the Creek Nation in the early 19th century who resisted American expansion and fought in the Creek War.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Red Stick Creeks canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Creek faction ⓘ
Native American resistance movement ⓘ
militant faction ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1814 ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1812 ⓘ
alternativeName Red Sticks ⓘ
associatedWith British support during War of 1812 ⓘ
Spanish Florida ⓘ
cause defense of Creek lands ⓘ
resistance to U.S.-backed treaties ⓘ
conflict Creek War ⓘ
War of 1812 ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
defeatedBy Andrew Jackson ⓘ
Cherokee allies of the United States ⓘ
United States Army ⓘ
ethnicGroup Creek Nation ⓘ
historicalSignificance major Native American resistance in the Southeast ⓘ
ideology resistance to U.S. encroachment ⓘ
traditionalist Creek culture ⓘ
inspiredBy Native pan-Indian resistance ⓘ
Tecumseh ⓘ
language Muscogee (Creek) ⓘ
linked to: Muscogee people
legacy contributed to U.S. control of the Southeast after defeat ⓘ
mainRegion Alabama ⓘ
Georgia ⓘ
Southeastern United States ⓘ
militaryTactics guerrilla warfare ⓘ
namedAfter red-painted war clubs ⓘ
notableBattle Battle of Burnt Corn ⓘ
Battle of Horseshoe Bend ⓘ
Fort Mims massacre ⓘ
opposedFaction Lower Creeks ⓘ
opposedTo American expansion ⓘ
United States ⓘ
pro-American Creek factions ⓘ
partOf Creek Nation ⓘ
populationType warriors and their families ⓘ
religion traditional Creek religion ⓘ
resultOfConflict large land cessions by Creek Nation ⓘ
socialBase Upper Creeks ⓘ
timePeriod early 19th century ⓘ
treatyConsequence Treaty of Fort Jackson ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

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

William McIntosh → opponent → Red Stick Creeks ⓘ
Battle of Tallushatchee → belligerent → Red Stick Creeks ⓘ