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The Muscogee, also known as the Mvskoke, Muscogee Creek or just Creek, and the Muscogee Creek Confederacy (pronounced [məskóɡəlɡi] in the Muscogee language; English: / m ə s ˈ k oʊ ɡ iː / məss-KOH-ghee), are a group of related Indigenous peoples of the Southeastern Woodlands [2] in the United States.
Mary Musgrove was born in the Creek Indian "Wind Clan" with the Creek name Coosaponakeesa in Coweta Town along the Ockmulgee River. She was the daughter of a Creek Native American woman and Edward Griffin, [1] a trader from Charles Town in the Province of Carolina, of English descent. Her mother died when Mary was three years old and, soon ...
Tustunnuggee Hutke (or "White Warrior") was born in the Lower Creek Town of Coweta in present-day Georgia to Scottish-American soldier William McIntosh and to Senoya (also spelled Senoia and Senoy [1]), a Muscogee member of the Wind Clan. As the Muscogee had a matrilineal kinship system, through which property and hereditary positions were ...
Sehoy was a Muscogee woman of the Wind clan. [10] Amos J. Wright, who analyzed for over two decades the genealogical history of her family, [11] reported that various historical records note her heritage was through the Tuskegee tribal town, [2] but also there are indications that her son was known as the "Talapuche Chief" (also styled Tallapoosa). [12]
Town Creek Indian Mound is supposedly Sehoy II's burial place. Sehoy II or Sehoy Marchand (b. c. 1722) was a Muscogee Creek Wind Clan woman who was part of the Sehoy matrilineage. She and her family are known for their intermarriages with white traders, with the children inheriting their tribal identities from the mother's side.
During that time, Alexander McGillivray petitioned the Spanish officials for his release on the grounds of the distress of Sehoy and their children. In 1798 he narrowly escaped being exiled by a council of Creek elders for being a 'meddler.' [6] In 1799, Sehoy III claimed her brother Malcolm II's property when he died according to Creek law. [7]
Muscogee (Creek) Nation politicians (1 C, 9 P) Y. Yuchi people (4 P) Pages in category "Muscogee (Creek) Nation people" The following 39 pages are in this category ...
Alexander McGillivray, also known as Hoboi-Hili-Miko (December 15, 1750 – February 17, 1793), was a Muscogee (Creek) leader. The son of a Muscogee mother, Sehoy II, and a Scottish father, Lachlan McGillivray, he was literate and received an education in the British colonies. His understanding of both Muscogee and European culture combined ...