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The Muscogee language (Muskogee, Mvskoke IPA: in Muscogee), previously referred to by its exonym, Creek, [3] is a Muskogean language spoken by Muscogee (Creek) and Seminole people, primarily in the US states of Oklahoma and Florida. Along with Mikasuki, when it is spoken by the Seminole, it is known as Seminole.
Letohatchee - from the Muscogee li ito fachita (those who make arrows straight). [1] Loachapoka - from the Muscogee loca poga (where the turtles live/sit) (from the words Loca and vpoketv) . [1] Lubbub and Lubbub Creek - from the Choctaw word lahba, which means "warm". [24] Nanafalia - from the Choctaw words nanih (hill) and falaiya (long). [25]
Their language, Mvskoke, is a member of the Eastern branch of the Muskogean language family. The Seminole are close kin to the Mvskoke and speak an Eastern Muskogean language as well. The Muscogee were considered one of the Five Civilized Tribes. After the Creek War many of the Muscogee escaped to Florida to create the Seminole.
Ochillie – a creek that flows northwest through Chattahoochee county, within the boundaries of the Fort Benning military reservation, and into Upatoi creek; Schatulga – a small community in western Columbus/Muscogee County; Toccoa; Upatoi – a creek that runs between Muscogee and Chattahoochee counties in west-central Georgia
The Muskogean family consists of six languages that are still spoken: Alabama, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Muscogee (previously referred to as Creek), Koasati, and Mikasuki, as well as the now-extinct Apalachee, Houma, and Hitchiti (the last is generally considered a dialect of Mikasuki). [1] "Seminole" is listed as one of the Muskogean languages in ...
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.
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 .
Muscogee Creek - The College of the Muscogee Nation offers a Mvskoke language certificate program. [ 23 ] [ 24 ] Tulsa public schools, the University of Oklahoma [ 25 ] and Glenpool Library in Tulsa [ 26 ] and the Holdenville, [ 27 ] Okmulgee, and Tulsa Creek Indian Communities of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation [ 28 ] offer Muskogee Creek language ...