Creek Indians

The Creek Indians were one of the major Indian groups in Okalahoma. They had a whole county named after them. There is a thing in Okalahoma the if you could prove that you were some how related to an Indian group you could go to college for free in Okalahoma.

Population, Religion, and Ethnicity

• There are about 50,000 Creek citizens left in the world.

• They really had no specific religion.

• The race is Native Indian.

Language

• In the Creek Indian Language• Alabama means "tribal town".• Seminole means "run-away".• Sasakwa means "goose".• Eto means "tree".• Opelwv means "swamp".• Chattahoochee means "picture rocks".• Chattanooga means "rock coming to a point".• Opelika means "big swamp".• Chickamauga means "dwelling place of the Chief".• Tuskegee means "warrior".• Winnipeg means "muddy waters". • Wetumpka means "rumbling waters".• Weleetka means "running water".• Cherokee, comes from the Creek word "Chelokee" 

means "People of a different speech".

Muskogean

Boarders

I chose this area because this is where they settled after the European Explorers forced them away from their original home land, Georgia.

Flag•The symbol on the top left is the Creek Seal.

•The photo on the top right is called the Etowah Mounds, it is believed to be made by their ancestors.

•The photo on the bottom left is the Creek Indians first and was there best leader (Chief McIntosh).

•The coins on the bottom right let the Creek people know that they are still recognized.

Government

• They have a confederate state.

• With this type of government they would have more power by themselves then the whole state would.

Nations

•   Upper Creeks - Occupied Central to South Alabama.

• Lower Creeks - Occupied South Georgia and North Florida.

• Seminole -" Runaway" Creeks, Apalachees & Afro- American slaves who relocated to South Florida.

History

• There was a Creek War. The fight was between all the Creek Nations.

• About half of there population died during the war.

History Cont.

• The Creek Indians were part of the American Revolution.

• They were neutral trough out the whole War

Disease

• The Creek Indians are originally from Georgia. They were forced away by the Europeans and their diseases.

• They were forced to migrate to Oklahoma, which is there origin now.

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Video Clip 2

The first video clip is about the effects of European people.

The second clip is about the Trail of Tears.

                                                                    

                                                

Problems

• They have problems with a gambling and drinking.

• The gambling makes their economic structure diminish.

• The drinking then kills off their population.

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