Alabama Creek Indians
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Series 70005
Eastern Band of the Creek Indian Nation Poarch-Hedapadeda Land Grant Atmore, Alabama Shown here are Princess Morning Star and Maiden Evening Star. They live on the land grant given their ancestors by Gen. Andrew Jackson at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend in 1814. The Creek (Muscogee) Indians were generally designated as the Upper Creeks and the Lower Creeks. The misnomer, "Creek Confederacy" included the Yuchis, Tallassees, Talladegas, Tuskegees, Tukabatchees, Alabamas, Coosas, Natchez, Ozeailles, Savannahs, etc. (the Seminoles were originally Creeks). Some of the better known Creeks are: Chief Tuskaloosa, Alexander McGillivray, William McIntosh, RED EAGLE, Big Warrior, Menawa, Little Warrior and Chief Talisi |
