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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. They commonly refer to themselves as Este Mvskokvlke (pronounced [isti ...
Before 1832, the Thlopthlocco Tribal Town split from a larger town. It was removed to Indian Territory in 1835. [3] The citizens of the town settled in an area south of Okemah, Oklahoma, in what would become Okfuskee County, on lands that were originally occupied by the Osage and Quapaw. Those tribes ceded their lands to the US by 1825. [5]
Map of Tribal Jurisdictional Areas in Oklahoma. This is a list of federally recognized Native American Tribes in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. With its 38 federally recognized tribes, [1] Oklahoma has the third largest numbers of tribes of any state, behind Alaska and California.
It had aspects of both a town and a tribe, and was the basic unit of the Muscogee Confederacy (historically called the "Creek" [a] Confederacy). Tribal towns were governed by a council of men (and, very rarely, women) of the town who were selected or had obtained recognized status as warriors.
Creek (Muskogee) by Kenneth W. McIntosh – Encyclopedia of North American Indians; History of the Creek Indians in Georgia; Comprehensive Creek Language materials online; Southeastern Native American Documents, 1763–1842 Archived April 7, 2020, at the Wayback Machine. New Georgia Encyclopedia entry Archived July 23, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
All five tribes — the Cherokee, the Choctaw, Muskogee Creek, Seminole, Chickasaw — all came through on the water route. "The river was actually one of the harder journeys," Gray said.
The term "civilized tribes" was adopted to distinguish the Five Tribes from other Native American tribes that were described as "wild" or "savage". [11] [12] Texts written by non-indigenous scholars and writers have used words like "savage" and "wild" to identify Indian groups that retained their traditional cultural practices after European contact.
The Kialegee Tribal Town is headquartered in Wetumka, Oklahoma. Of the 700 enrolled tribal members, 629 live within the state of Oklahoma. Its tribal jurisdictional area falls in Creek County, Muskogee County, Tulsa County, County, Okmulgee County, Hughes, McIntosh, Okfuskee counties. [3] The tribe's Mekko or Chief is elected for a term of two ...