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The Muscogee Nation, or Muscogee (Creek) Nation, [3] is a federally recognized Native American tribe based in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The nation descends from the historic Muscogee Confederacy, a large group of indigenous peoples of the Southeastern Woodlands. Official languages include Muscogee, Yuchi, Natchez, Alabama, and Koasati, with ...
The Muscogee, also known as the Mvskoke, Muscogee Creek or just Creek, and the Muscogee Creek Confederacy ( pronounced [məskóɡəlɡi] in the Muscogee language; English: / məsˈkoʊɡiː / məss-KOH-ghee ), are a group of related Indigenous peoples of the Southeastern Woodlands [2] in the United States. Their historical homelands are in what ...
The Poarch Band of Creek Indians ( / pɔːrtʃ / PORCH; [3]) are a federally recognized tribe of Native Americans with reservation lands in lower Alabama. As Mvskoke people, they speak the Muscogee language. They were formerly known as the Creek Nation East of the Mississippi. The Poarch Band of Creek Indians are a sovereign nation of Muscogee ...
1861-1864. Rank. first lieutenant. James Sapulpa (also known as Chief Sapulpa; [a] c.1824 – March 17, 1887) was a Muscogee blacksmith, rancher, and a Confederate States of America officer who is best known as the first permanent resident and namesake of Sapulpa, Oklahoma. He served in the Muscogee Nation House of Kings from 1868 until his death.
For 200 years, the Muscogee Nation has lived in Oklahoma. The federally recognized tribe is made up of the descendants of the Indigenous groups who lived in the South, including Tallahassee.
“The Ocmulgee Mounds, Ocmulgee River, and all of middle Georgia hold historical significance to The Muscogee (Creek) Nation,” Principal Chief David W. Hill said in a news release.
Coweta was a tribal town and one of the four mother towns of the Muscogee Confederacy in what is now the Southeast United States, along with Kasihta (Cusseta), Abihka, and Tuckabutche. Coweta was located on the Chattahoochee River in what the Spanish called Apalachicola Province now in the modern state of Alabama. It was a central trading city ...
March 10, 1980. Hickory Ground, also known as Otciapofa (or Odshiapofa, Ocheopofau, and Ocheubofau) [2] [3] is an historic Upper Muscogee Creek tribal town and an archaeological site in Elmore County, Alabama near Wetumpka. [1] [4] [5] It is known as Oce Vpofa in the Muscogee language; [6] the name derives from oche-ub,"hickory" and po-fau ...