Creek Indians

Creek Indians were also known as Muskogee

Their cultural area is the Southeast United States.

Linguistic group: Muskogean

Federal Status: Recognized

Clans: Wind, Bird, Alligator, Bear

Creek Indians trace their ancestry through the female line. The children belong to the same clan as their mother. Clan members were closely related so they had to marry someone from a different clan than his or her own.

History
1796-1816 Benjamin Hawkins, was the federal agent to the Creeks

1816, after the death of Benjamin Hawkins, President James Madison apponted David B. Mitchell, a former governor of Georgia. He undermined the Creeks' sovereignty and initated acts to take all of their lands in Georgia.

--, treaty of Fort Jackson

February 12, 1825 Treaty of Indian Springs negotiated by Creek leader William McIntosh. He was later executed by the Creek Nation for the deed.

1835 removed from Georgia and Alabama to eastern Oklahoma.