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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]
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 War of 1812, the First Seminole War and the Treaty of Camp Moultrie, among other watershed events, splintered the already vulnerable Creek community, which spoke Muscogee and Hitchiti. While ...
In the neighborhood, the street names are Muscogee words, but some are wrong and backward, according to the Eli Rowland-Chang, the language revitalization project manager for the Muscogee(Creek ...
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
Muscogee Creek land cessions 1733–1832 Ceded area as deemed by the Treaty of Fort Jackson in 1814. Land was the most valuable asset, which the Native Americans held in collective stewardship. The southern English colonies, US government and settlers systematically obtained Muscogee land through treaties, legislation, and warfare.