Lower Creek people

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The Lower Creek people were a Native American group of the Muscogee (Creek) Confederacy who lived in towns along the lower Chattahoochee, Flint, and Ocmulgee rivers in what is now the southeastern United States.

All labels observed (6)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Muscogee subgroup ⓘ
Native American people ⓘ
ceremony Green Corn Ceremony ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
culture Southeastern Woodlands culture ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Woodlands
descent matrilineal ⓘ
economy mixed farming and hunting ⓘ
engagedIn deerskin trade ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Muscogee (Creek) people ⓘ
linked to: Muscogee people
experienced forced removal ⓘ
land cessions ⓘ
forcedRemovalPeriod 1830s ⓘ
forcedRemovalTo Indian Territory ⓘ
grew beans ⓘ
maize ⓘ
squash ⓘ
hadCapital Coweta (principal town) ⓘ
linked to: Coweta County
hadImportantTown Cusseta ⓘ
linked to: Cusseta, Alabama

Hitchiti towns ⓘ
Yuchi Town ⓘ
inConflictWith State of Georgia ⓘ
linked to: Georgia

United States ⓘ
inhabited Flint River valley ⓘ
linked to: Flint River

Ocmulgee River valley ⓘ
linked to: Ocmulgee River

lower Chattahoochee River valley ⓘ
language Muscogee language ⓘ
locatedIn Southeastern United States ⓘ
present-day Alabama ⓘ
present-day Florida Panhandle ⓘ
present-day Georgia ⓘ
partOf Muscogee (Creek) Confederacy ⓘ
politicalStructure loosely allied towns ⓘ
practiced agriculture ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Seminole people ⓘ
linked to: Seminole

Upper Creek people ⓘ
linked to: Lower Creek people

Yuchi people ⓘ
religion Southeastern Native ceremonialism ⓘ
signedTreaty Treaty of Fort Jackson (1814) ⓘ
Treaty of Indian Springs (1825) ⓘ
Treaty of New York (1790) ⓘ
Treaty of Washington (1826) ⓘ
todayPartlyRepresents Muscogee (Creek) Nation ⓘ
Poarch Band of Creek Indians ⓘ
Seminole Tribe of Florida ⓘ
linked to: Seminole
tradedWith British colonists ⓘ
French colonists ⓘ
Spanish colonists ⓘ
used clan system ⓘ
town-based political organization ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

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

Lower Creek territory → historicalInhabitant → Lower Creek people ⓘ
Lower Creek territory → namedAfter → Lower Creek people ⓘ
Lower Creek territory → originallyOccupiedBy → Lower Creek (Kawita) people ⓘ
linked to: Lower Creek people
Lower Creek → ethnonym → Lower Creek Indians ⓘ
linked to: Lower Creek people
Mikasuki people → historicalOrigin → Lower Creek people ⓘ
Battle of Horseshoe Bend → involvedForce → Lower Creek warriors ⓘ
linked to: Lower Creek people
Miccosukee people → historicalOrigin → Lower Creek peoples ⓘ
linked to: Lower Creek people
Lower Creek people → relatedEthnicGroup → Upper Creek people ⓘ
linked to: Lower Creek people