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  CREEK INDIANS - LoveToKnow Article on CREEK INDIANS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The confederacy seems to have been in existence in 1540, and then included the Muskogee, the ruling tribe, whose language was generally spoken, the Alabama, the Hichiti, Koasati and others of the Muskogean stock, with the Vuchi and the Natchez, a large number of Shawano and the Seminoles of Florida as a branch.
In the Civil War the Creeks were divided in their allegiance and suffered heavily in the campaigns.
The so-called Creek nation is now settled in Oklahoma, but independent government virtually ceased in 1906.
www.87.1911encyclopedia.org /C/CR/CREEK_INDIANS.htm   (219 words)

  
 creek indians social studies
___"By a treaty of March 24, 1832, the Creek Indians ceded to the United States all of their land east of the Mississippi River.
In 1833 Benjamin S. Parsons and Thomas J. Abbott prepared a census of Creek Indian heads of families, which gave their names and the number of males, females, and slaves in each family.
"...a Muscogee (Creek) man who volunteered, or was assigned, as a Warrior from a Red Town." The story of the Red Sticks begins centuries ago and the Society is still viable today, albeit with less warlike connotations as existed in the War of 1812.
www.archaeolink.com /creek_indians_social_studies.htm   (395 words)

  
 Working bibliography...
W., The Village Indians of the Upper Missouri: The Mandans, Hidatsas, and Arikaras.
Stiggins, George, Creek Indian History: A Historical Narrative of the Genealogy, Traditions and Downfall of the Ispocoga or Creek Indian Tribe of Indians, Introduction and Notes by William Stokes Wyman, Edited by Virginia Pounds Brown.
Tooker, Elisabeth, An Ethnography of the Huron Indians 1615-1649.
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 AllRefer.com - Creek (North American Indigenous Peoples) - Encyclopedia
The Creek received their name from early white traders because so many of their villages were located at rivers and creeks.
The Creek Confederacy was not ruled by a permanent central government.
Eventually they were moved to the Indian Territory, where they became one of the Five Civilized Tribes.
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/C/Creek.html   (504 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: American Indians
As a rule, the desert Indians, as the Apache, are spare and muscular in build, while those of the timbered regions are heavier, although not proportionately stronger.
The Indian was fond also of singing and had songs for every occasion — love, war, hunting, gaming, medicine, satire, children's songs, and lullabies.
As war is the normal condition of savagery, so to the Indian warlike glory was the goal of his ambition, the theme of his oratory, and the purpose of his most elaborate ceremonial.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/07747a.htm   (10210 words)

  
 Encyclopedia of North American Indians - - Creek (Muskogee)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Throughout this period of conflict and relocation, the town remained the primary social and political unit, and town identity continued to be the central element of the Muskogee experience.
In 1934, the Indian Reorganization act halted this failed policy, and the tribe was able to win some recognition for its political institutions.
Some Creeks remained in the Southeast, where they were frequently swindled out of their lands and declined to the station of sharecroppers.
college.hmco.com /history/readerscomp/naind/html/na_009100_creek.htm   (2380 words)

  
 Creek Indian Researcher - records and links
//--> • 1860 Census and 1867 Census of the 1832 Creek Orphans
• 1870 Payroll and 1883 Payroll to the 1832 Creek Orphans
A Tour of Indian Agencies in Kansas and the Indian Territory in 1870
freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com /~texlance/main.htm   (1339 words)

  
 Alabama Review: Encyclopedia of North American Indians   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
To achieve this goal, Hoxie provides 447 alphabetically arranged entries in an attempt to present "a corrective" to what he describes as the frequent "ignorance, distortion, and well-intentioned stereotyping" found in works on Native Americans (p.
Tribal entries are included for all major Indian groups, such as the Creek Indians, whereas regional entries are devoted to geographical areas, such as the "Five Civilized Tribes" and language groups.
This encyclopedia should serve as a helpful reference tool for laypersons and nonspecialists seeking general and concise information about the Indians of North America.
www.ourbigcountry.com /p/articles/mi_qa3880/is_199904/ai_n8851888   (339 words)

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