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[[Image:The Creek Indians Benjamin Hawkins.jpg|thumb|right|328px]] | [[Image:The Creek Indians Benjamin Hawkins.jpg|thumb|right|328px|The Creek Indians Benjamin Hawkins.jpg]] | ||
Creek Indians were also known as Muskogee. | Creek Indians were also known as Muskogee. | ||
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'''Original homeland:''' along the banks of the Alabama, Coosa, Tallapoosa, Flint, Ocmulgee, and Chattahoochee Rivers, In the [[Indians of Georgia|Georgia]], [[Indians of Alabama|Alabama]], [[Indians of Florida|Florida]], [[Indians of Mississippi|Mississippi]], [[Indians of Louisiana|Louisiana]], and [[Indians of Tennessee|Tennessee]] | '''Original homeland:''' along the banks of the Alabama, Coosa, Tallapoosa, Flint, Ocmulgee, and Chattahoochee Rivers, In the [[Indians of Georgia|Georgia]], [[Indians of Alabama|Alabama]], [[Indians of Florida|Florida]], [[Indians of Mississippi|Mississippi]], [[Indians of Louisiana|Louisiana]], and [[Indians of Tennessee|Tennessee]] | ||
Creek Indians trace their ancestry through the female line. The children belong to the same clan as their mother. Clan members were closely related so they had to marry someone from a different clan than his or her own. | Creek Indians trace their ancestry through the female line. The children belong to the same clan as their mother. Clan members were closely related so they had to marry someone from a different clan than his or her own. | ||
The Creek Nation is comprised of '''six political districts''': 1. Coweta, 2. Deep Fork, 3. Eufaula, 4. Muscogee, 5. Okmulgee, 6. Wewoka; these districts functions like counties. | The Creek Nation is comprised of '''six political districts''': 1. Coweta, 2. Deep Fork, 3. Eufaula, 4. Muscogee, 5. Okmulgee, 6. Wewoka; these districts functions like counties. | ||
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1900 Creek Nation Census. by Carole Ellsworth and Sue Emler. {{FHL|622198|item|deps=FHL book 970.3 C861e or fiche 6101319}} | 1900 Creek Nation Census. by Carole Ellsworth and Sue Emler. {{FHL|622198|item|deps=FHL book 970.3 C861e or fiche 6101319}} | ||
Census of Creeks taken by parson and Abbott in 1832, is indexed by "Index to Creek | Census of Creeks taken by parson and Abbott in 1832, is indexed by "Index to Creek reserves" a listing originally prepared by Indian agents John J. Abert and James Bright to index land claims selected by Creeks under the provision of the 1832 Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek. <br> | ||
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*[[Dawes Commission Enrollment Records for Five U.S. Indian Tribes|Dawes Commission Enrollment Records]] | *[[Dawes Commission Enrollment Records for Five U.S. Indian Tribes|Dawes Commission Enrollment Records]] | ||
*John B. Campbell’s provides an [http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/campbells-abstract-of-creek-indian-census-cards.htm abstract of Creek Indian Census Cards] in his 1915 manuscript. This index has proven invaluable over time by providing a quick method to research family relationships within the Creek tribal rolls. <br> | *John B. Campbell’s provides an [http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/campbells-abstract-of-creek-indian-census-cards.htm abstract of Creek Indian Census Cards] in his 1915 manuscript. This index has proven invaluable over time by providing a quick method to research family relationships within the Creek tribal rolls. <br> | ||
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~texlance/cases/index.htm?sourceid=00287279496378427167 Creek Enrollment Cases Index 1899-1907+ ] | *[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~texlance/cases/index.htm?sourceid=00287279496378427167 Creek Enrollment Cases Index 1899-1907+ ]This database indexes the Creek Indian and Creek Freedman enrollment cases on microfilm M1301, rolls 402-414, that deal with persons applying for Creek Indian and Creek Freedman citizenship and Dawes enrollment. These are not the general Creek Dawes applications which are unfortunately lost and assume destroyed long ago. | ||
==== History ==== | ==== History ==== | ||
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*June 1829: 1,200 steam boat Virginia ran aground on the Arkansas River | *June 1829: 1,200 steam boat Virginia ran aground on the Arkansas River | ||
*Dec 1834 six hundred thirty- under Captain John Page, four hundred sixty nine arrived 28 Mar 1835, two men in the group: Sampson Grayon with 34 Slaves and Widow Stidham with 23 Slaves. | *Dec 1834 six hundred thirty- under Captain John Page, four hundred sixty nine arrived 28 Mar 1835, two men in the group: Sampson Grayon with 34 Slaves and Widow Stidham with 23 Slaves. | ||
*10 July 1836: nine hundred of the Encah | *10 July 1836: nine hundred of the Encah Emathla Band - shipped in chains | ||
*1 Aug 1836 left Alabama, 2,700 leader Opthleyaholo | *1 Aug 1836 left Alabama, 2,700 leader Opthleyaholo | ||
*5 September 1836 1,984 Lt. J.T. Sprague (known as 5th group of Friendly Creek) | *5 September 1836 1,984 Lt. J.T. Sprague (known as 5th group of Friendly Creek) | ||