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The Creek Tribe was named after a creek in Georgia. Natives from other tribes came together to become one tribe. Most Creek people now live in Florida or Oklahoma.

The Creek people grew corn, beans, squash, and more. Corn was the basic crop they grew. The Creek tribe lived in towns. They built the towns near their farms so it was close to their food. They built houses with covered roofs of straw. The houses were built around a town center. The town center was where the Indians met to discuss important things.

The Creek men were hunters and fishers. They used bows and arrows to hunt. To fish, they used spears, nets, and hooks. They went to war when they needed to protect their family.

The Creek women were the farmers. The women did most of the cooking. They took care of the children. Both men and women took part in storytelling, artwork, and music.

The Creek men wore breechcloths and leather leggings. They did not wear shirts unless the weather was cool. The men would shave their head in the Mohawk style. They would sometimes wear headdresses. The men would paint their faces bright red before a battle or a tribal dance.

The women wore wraparound skirts. They would wear their long hair in a knot on top of their head. Women did not paint their faces. Both men and women wore moccasins on their feet.

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The Creek Tribe was named after a creek in Georgia. Natives from other tribes came together to become one tribe. Most Creek people now live in Florida or Oklahoma. The Creek people grew corn, beans, squash, and more. Corn was the basic crop they grew. The Creek tribe lived in towns.

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Creek women did most of the farming, harvesting crops of corn, beans, and squash. Creek men did most of the hunting, shooting deer, wild turkeys, and small game and fishing in the rivers and along the coast

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The Tribal headquarters is located in Okmulgee, Oklahoma, and the tribe has approximately 44,000 tribal members

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Creek, Muskogean-speaking North American Indians who originally occupied a huge expanse of the flatlands of what are now Georgia and Alabama. There were two divisions of Creeks: the Muskogee (or Upper Creeks), settlers of the northern Creek territory; and the Hitchiti and Alabama, who had the same general traditions as the Upper Creeks but spoke a slightly different dialect and were known as the Lower Creeks.

Traditional Creek economy was based largely on the cultivation of corn (maize), beans, and squash. Most of the farming was done by women, while the men of the tribe were responsible for hunting and defense. The Creek achieved status based on individual merit rather than by inheriting it. Like most Indians of the Southeast, they commonly tattooed their entire bodies.

Before colonization, Creek towns were symbolically grouped into white and red categories, set apart for peace ceremonials and war ceremonials, respectively. Each town had a plaza or community square, around which were grouped the houses-rectangular structures with four vertical walls of poles plastered over with mud to form wattle. The roofs were pitched and covered with either bark or thatch, with smoke holes left open at the gables. If the town had a temple, it was a thatched dome-shaped edifice set upon an eight-foot mound into which stairs were cut to the temple door. The plaza was the gathering point for such important religious observances as the Busk, or Green Corn, ceremony, an annual first-fruits and new-fire rite. A distinctive feature of this midsummer festival was that every wrongdoing, grievance, or crime-short of murder-was forgiven.

The Creeks' first contact with Europeans occurred in 1538 when Hernando de Soto invaded their territory. Subsequently, the Creeks allied themselves with the English colonists in a succession of wars (beginning about 1703) against the Apalachee and the Spanish. During the 18th century a Creek Confederacy was organized in an attempt to present a united front against both Native and white enemies. It comprised not only the dominant Creeks but also speakers of other Muskogean languages (Hitchiti, Alabama-Koasati) and of non-Muskogean languages (Yuchi, some Natchez and Shawnee). The Seminole of Florida and Oklahoma are a branch of the Creek Confederacy of the 18th and early 19th centuries.

Ultimately, the confederacy did not succeed, in part because the Creek towns (about 50 with a total population of perhaps 20,000) were not able to coordinate the contribution of warriors to a common battle. In 1813-14, when the Creek War with the United States took place, some towns fought with the white colonizers and some (the Red Sticks) against them. Upon defeat, the Creeks ceded 23,000,000 acres of land (half of Alabama and part of southern Georgia); they were forcibly removed to Indian Territory (now Oklahoma) in the 1830s. There with the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, and Seminole, they constituted one of the Five Civilized Tribes. For three-quarters of a century each tribe had a land allotment and a quasi-autonomous government modelled on that of the United States. In preparation for Oklahoma statehood (1907), some of this land was allotted to individual Indians; the rest was made available to white homesteaders, held in trust by the federal government, or allotted to freed slaves. Tribal governments were effectively dissolved in 1906 but have continued to exist on a limited basis. Creek descendants numbered more than 76,000 in the early 21st century.

The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica Jeff Wallenfeldt.

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Creek, Muskogean-speaking North American Indians who originally occupied a huge expanse of the flatlands of what are now Georgia and Alabama. There were two divisions of Creeks: the Muskogee (or Upper Creeks), settlers of the northern Creek territory; and the Hitchiti and Alabama, who had the same general traditions as the Upper Creeks but spoke a slightly different dialect and were known as the Lower Creeks.

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The Creeks were known for their American Indian baskets, sculpture, and glazed pottery. When they had to move to Oklahoma, the Creeks couldn't get the materials they used to use for some of their traditional crafts, so today whey or known for other crafts such as beadwork.

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New Orleans is world-renowned for its distinctive music, Creole cuisine, unique dialects, and its annual celebrations and festivals, most notably Mardi Gras.

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Although Creeks continued to emigrate from Alabama in small, family-sized detachments into the 1840s and 1850s, government-sponsored removal ended officially in 1837 and 1838. Between the McIntosh party emigration in 1827 and the end of removal in 1837, more than 23,000 Creeks emigrated from the Southeast.

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The Creek Nation was once one of the largest and most powerful Indian groups in the Southeast. At their peak, the Creeks controlled millions of acres of land in the present-day states of Georgia, Alabama, and Florida. Much of this land, however, was lost or stolen as the federal government sought land for white settlement after the American Revolution. Creek lands were taken through cessions in treaties, through scams by land speculators, through outright theft by squatters, and also through clandestine arrangements between Creek headmen and federal agents. By 1836, most Creeks had relocated voluntarily or been forced to remove to Indian Territory, as the present-day state of Oklahoma was known at the time.

William McIntosh

On February 12, 1825, Coweta headman William McIntosh signed the Treaty of Indian Springs, which ceded all the Lower Creek land in Georgia and a large tract in Alabama to the federal government. In return, McIntosh and his followers received $200,000 and land in present-day Oklahoma. Most Creeks were overwhelmingly opposed to the land cession, and the sale of land without the approval of the Creek National Council was punishable by death under Creek law. Thus, in May 1825 McIntosh was executed at one of his plantations on the Chattahoochee River.

A delegation of Creeks also travelled to Washington, D.C., to try to nullify the treaty. A federal investigation of the treaty arrangements revealed that McIntosh did not have the support of the National Council and that Creeks were deeply opposed to the terms. On January 24, 1826, the Treaty of Indian Springs was nullified, and Creek leaders signed the Treaty of Washington, marking the only time that a ratified treaty with an Indian nation was overturned. The Treaty of Washington restored Creek land within Alabama but allowed the state of Georgia to keep ceded Creek lands. The treaty affected only the Lower Creeks, whose towns were clustered along the Chattahoochee and Flint Rivers. The Upper Creeks, who were further west, near present-day Montgomery, did not lose any land.

In late 1827, 703 Creeks, including 86 slaves, began their emigration to Fort Gibson in present-day Oklahoma (near present-day Muscogee). These emigrants were primarily supporters of William McIntosh and most were from McIntosh's town of Coweta or its satellite town of Thlakatchka, although a number of other Creek towns also were represented. The emigrants rendezvoused briefly at Harpersville, just southeast of present-day Birmingham, before moving north to Tuscumbia. There, a large group of women, children, and elderly men boarded keelboats for their trip on the Tennessee, Ohio, and Mississippi rivers to Memphis. The remaining men, along with a number of women and children, continued by land to Memphis, where the parties reunited. From there, the keelboats continued by water to Fort Gibson, as the other party travelled by land, despite heavy rainfall that made the roads muddy and slowed their progress considerably. In some instances, the wagons containing their possessions could not be ferried across the many swollen rivers and were left behind. By the time the land party arrived at Fort Gibson in February 1828, agents observed that the emigrants were utterly worn down from the journey.

More voluntary emigrations followed. Almost a year after the first McIntosh party left Alabama, a second party of about 400 McIntosh supporters and their slaves travelled approximately the same route to the west. In 1829, a larger party of about 1,200 Creeks emigrated to present-day Oklahoma. Some of these Creeks were supporters of McIntosh; others were Creeks who had previously resided on land that now belonged to Georgia. Still others felt threatened by white settlers who illegally squatted on their land. The party left Alabama from Fort Bainbridge and Line Creek in east-central Alabama in June 1829. Like the two previous emigrations, the 1829 party also took land and water routes. While on the Arkansas River, the steamboat Virginia ran aground, and many of the emigrants lost property in the river.

The last of the travelers arrived in the West in September 1829, in the midst of a cholera epidemic. Indeed, disease was so rampant that many people packed their belongings and returned to Alabama. Those who stayed suffered raids by Western Indians who invaded Creek settlements at night. A delegation of Chickasaw, who were exploring the west for possible emigration, observed that the Creek emigrants were "in a poor condition" and were "continually mourning for the land of their births."

Back in Alabama, the remaining Creeks also were suffering. As a result of continual white encroachment on Creek land, a number of prominent chiefs travelled to Washington to negotiate an agreement that they hoped would salvage the Creek Nation. The Treaty of Cusseta, signed in March 1832, traded the Creeks' sovereign claim to their land in exchange for legal title to their land. Parcels of 640 acres for chiefs and 320 acres for everyone else were issued to Creek families, who could then sell them or remain on them for as long as they wished. Despite the appeal of land reserves, the Treaty of Washington failed to accomplish almost all of the goals it set out to achieve. Whites continued to encroach on Creek land, and when Creeks tried to sell their reserves they often were cheated by unscrupulous land speculators.

Amidst these troubles, two more voluntary emigrating parties left Alabama in 1834 and 1835. A majority of the Creeks denounced emigration, however, and refused to go west. But continued encroachment on Creek land and the land frauds associated with selling Creek reserves caused sporadic violence between Creeks and white settlers into the 1830s. These skirmishes finally erupted into war in the spring of 1836. The Second Creek War, as it came to be called, involved Creeks from the towns of Chehaw, Yuchi, and Hitchiti, among others, who attacked whites and looted and destroyed plantations in the present-day Alabama counties of Chambers, Macon, Pike, Lee, Russell, and Barbour.

Opothle Yoholo

The violence provided Pres. Andrew Jackson with justification for removing all the Creeks from Alabama. After capturing the Creeks who participated in the uprising, soldiers chained and marched the prisoners to Montgomery, followed in wagons by related women and children. At Montgomery, the prisoners and their families were placed on steamboats and taken by ship to Mobile and New Orleans, before being marched through Arkansas to Fort Gibson. The remaining "friendly" Creeks were rounded up into five large detachments and marched west in August and September 1836. Because of his status as perhaps the most prominent Creek Indian, the government assigned leader Opothle Yoholo to lead the initial party. As they moved west, the emigrants experienced drought, torrential rains, and extreme cold and suffered from hypothermia as they arrived at their new homes in the West.

A sixth detachment, consisting of relatives of the warriors who had remained behind to fight alongside federal troops against the Seminoles, were told that they would be allowed to remain in east-central Alabama until the warriors' tours of duty were over. But whites harassed the Creeks as they waited in camp, and the government moved them to Mobile Point. While there, the Creeks were plagued with sickness, and many died. The government then decided to move them to Pass Christian, Mississippi, which was considered healthier. In October 1837, after the warriors returned from Florida, the entire group departed Pass Christian for New Orleans, where they boarded steamboats for the trip up the Mississippi River. During the journey, the steamboat Monmouth was cut in two by another steamboat as it ascended the Mississippi, and approximately half of the 600 Creeks aboard died in the collision.

As these events took place, the government attempted to round up the remaining Creeks who had sought refuge among the Cherokees and Chickasaws. Almost 500 Creeks found among the Cherokees were marched to Gunter's Landing (present-day Guntersville) and taken by boat to the West. Three hundred others who had escaped to Chickasaw lands travelled west in the wake of 1,000 emigrating Chickasaws.

Although Creeks continued to emigrate from Alabama in small, family-sized detachments into the 1840s and 1850s, government-sponsored removal ended officially in 1837 and 1838. Between the McIntosh party emigration in 1827 and the end of removal in 1837, more than 23,000 Creeks emigrated from the Southeast. Today, the Poarch Creek of Atmore, Escambia County, reside on the only remaining officially recognized Creek lands in the state.
Additional Resources
Foreman, Grant. Indian Removal: The Emigration of the Five Civilized Tribes of Indians. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1932.

Green, Michael D. The Politics of Indian Removal: Creek Government and Society in Crisis. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1982.

Haveman, Christopher D. "With Great Difficulty and Labour: The Emigration of the McIntosh Party of Creek Indians, 1827-1828." Chronicles of Oklahoma 85 (Winter 2007-08): 468-90.

---. "Final Resistance: Creek Removal from the Alabama Homeland." Alabama Heritage 89 (Summer 2008): 9-19.

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The Creek Nation was once one of the largest and most powerful Indian groups in the Southeast. At their peak, the Creeks controlled millions of acres of land in the present-day states of Georgia, Alabama, and Florida. Much of this land, however, was lost or stolen as the federal government sought land for white settlement after the American Revolution.

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The Creek Tribe was named after a creek in Georgia. Natives from other tribes came together to become one tribe. Most Creek people now live in Florida or Oklahoma.

The Creek people grew corn, beans, squash, and more. Corn was the basic crop they grew. The Creek tribe lived in towns. They built the towns near their farms so it was close to their food. They built houses with covered roofs of straw. The houses were built around a town center. The town center was where the Indians met to discuss important things.

The Creek men were hunters and fishers. They used bows and arrows to hunt. To fish, they used spears, nets, and hooks. They went to war when they needed to protect their family.

The Creek women were the farmers. The women did most of the cooking. They took care of the children. Both men and women took part in storytelling, artwork, and music.

The Creek men wore breechcloths and leather leggings. They did not wear shirts unless the weather was cool. The men would shave their head in the Mohawk style. They would sometimes wear headdresses. The men would paint their faces bright red before a battle or a tribal dance.

The women wore wraparound skirts. They would wear their long hair in a knot on top of their head. Women did not paint their faces. Both men and women wore moccasins on their feet.

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The Creek Tribe was named after a creek in Georgia. Natives from other tribes came together to become one tribe. Most Creek people now live in Florida or Oklahoma. The Creek people grew corn, beans, squash, and more. Corn was the basic crop they grew. The Creek tribe lived in towns.

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Perhaps more than anywhere else, New Orleans is a city filled with iconic dishes. Po' boys, jambalaya, gumbo, beignets ,these dishes define the city's cuisine and culture to the outside world.

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The Poarch Creeks in Alabama live on a reservation, which is land that belongs to the tribe and is under their control. The Oklahoma Creeks live on trust land.

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Facts for Kids: Creek Indians (Muscogee Creeks)

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Information about the Creek Indians for students and teachers. Facts about Creek Indian food, clothing, houses, villages, art and crafts, weapons and tools, legends, and customs of the Creek people.

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The Treaty of Washington restored Creek land within Alabama but allowed the state of Georgia to keep ceded Creek lands.

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Founded by the French, ruled for 40 years by the Spanish and bought by the United States in the 1803 Louisiana Purchase, New Orleans is known for its distinct Creole culture and vibrant history.

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1. the first New Orleans "skyscraper"  was built in 1807. It was a 4 story building in the city
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Today, the Muscogee (Creek) Nation is located in Oklahoma and has land claims in the Florida panhandle.

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The Muscogee (Creek) Nation

The Muscogee (Creek) people are descendants of a culture that, before AD 1500, spanned the entire region known today as the Southeastern United States. Early ancestors of the Muscogee constructed earthen pyramids along the rivers of this region as part of their elaborate ceremonial complexes. The historic Muscogee later built expansive towns within these same broad river valleys in the present states of Alabama, Georgia, Florida and South Carolina. In the removal treaty of 1832, Muscogee leadership exchanged the last of their ancestral homelands for new lands in Indian Territory (Oklahoma). The U.S. Army enforced the removal of more than 20,000 Muscogee (Creeks) to Indian Territory in 1836 and 1837.

Today, the Muscogee (Creek) Nation is located in Oklahoma and has land claims in the Florida panhandle. The Tribal headquarters is located in Okmulgee, Oklahoma, and the tribe has approximately 44,000 tribal members. Additional information on the Muscogee Creek Nation is available on their website: http://www.muscogeenation-nsn.gov/.

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The Creek Indians were a confederation of tribes that belonged primarily to the Muskhogean linguistic group, which also included the Choctaws and Chickasaws. The Muskogees were the dominant tribe of the confederacy, but all members eventually came to be known collectively as Creek Indians. Most of the Creeks descended from groups living in six towns: Cusseta, Coweta, Areka, Coosa, Hoithle Waule, and Tuckabatchee, all within the confines of the future Alabama and Georgia. These groups most probably formed the confederacy. Later, the Creeks established the practice of adopting conquered tribes and accepting bands fleeing from English, French, and Spanish attacks. By these methods the Alabama, Coushatta, Hitchitee, Tuskegee, and Natchez Indians eventually became Creeks. The Creek confederacy inhabited a large portion of what later became Alabama and Georgia. They, like other Muskhogean tribes, apparently migrated to that region from the west in prehistoric times. The confederacy was divided into two districts, the Upper Creeks, centered on the Coosa and Tallapoosa Rivers, and the Lower Creeks, residing near the Flint and Chattahoochee. In early historic times, the Creek population was variously estimated at 11,000 to 24,000, distributed among fifty to eighty towns and outlying villages.

The Creeks divided their towns into White (Peace) or Red (War) classifications. White towns hosted councils for concluding peace, adopted conquered tribes, and enacted most laws and regulations for internal affairs. Red towns declared war, planned military expeditions, and held diplomatic councils. Although members of White clans were associated with peace, they were expected to fight during wars; indeed, advancement in civil rank was largely dependent upon military achievement. The entire Creek population was divided into clans that cut across towns and families alike. Members of a particular clan were considered close relatives even though they might have never seen each other before. Clan members had unlimited claims on each other's services. Because of the perceived kinship of clan members, marriage within a clan was strictly forbidden. Clans varied in size and stature. The Wind Clan, for example, had members in all of the towns of the confederacy and enjoyed special privileges as an aristocratic caste.

Clan membership was determined by a child's mother. Although the father's clan was respected, he had little role in his children's upbringing. Instead, the men of the mother's clan saw to a child's development. At times the clan would arrange marriages without consulting the principals, but more often the male would initiate the courtship on his own. He would send a female relative to consult with the women of his prospective bride's family, who would in turn consult her brothers and maternal uncles. The girl's father might also be consulted out of courtesy, but he had no authority in the final decision. If the men approved, the prospective husband was informed of the decision and sent gifts to the females of the girl's family. If the gifts were accepted, the marriage was considered consummated. There was usually little or no ceremony involved, for the man simply moved into his new wife's dwelling and lived with her family. The marriage was not considered permanent, however, until the new husband harvested his first crop, supplied his wife with game, and built her a house. Polygamy was common among the Creeks, although each wife usually lived in a separate home. If plural wives were sisters they might share a home, and sometimes unrelated wives lived in the same house without apparent jealousy. In all cases, the first wife had to approve of all subsequent wives, and if a husband attempted to ignore his wife's advice he might be punished as an adulterer by his wife's clan. Divorce could be sought by either spouse but was rare when children were involved. When it did occur, children and property remained with the wife.

Creek families lived in dwellings that consisted of one to four buildings, depending on the size and wealth of the family. Structures were rectangular and framed with sturdy poles. The walls were plastered with mud and straw. The roofs were of cypress-bark shingles. Generally, one structure was the cooking area and winter quarters, one was the summer lodge, another acted as a granary, and others served other functions. Near each dwelling the Creeks planted a small private garden where the women of the family grew corn, beans, tobacco, and other crops. Outside the town a larger plot of land was used for the communal field in which the main food supply was grown. Each family possessed its own plot in the common field, but the entire tribe worked the land together, starting at one end and finishing at the other. When the time arrived, each family harvested its own plot and stored the produce in a private granary. Surplus crops could be donated to the public store, which was used to feed visitors, supply war parties, or help feed families whose supplies failed. Corn, beans, squash, pumpkins, and melons were grown in abundance. The Lower Creeks also grew rice. Hickory nuts and acorns were a source of sustenance. Hunting deer and bear and fishing also supplemented the food supplies. Each town had its own hunting range, and the Creeks were careful not to trespass on other towns' preserves. Each town council carefully regulated hunting to prevent the depletion of game animals.

The Creeks, like other southeastern Indians, wore garments of animal skins, although feathers and natural vegetable products were sometimes used. Breechclouts were the standard dress for Creek men, who often wore skin shirts and were more likely than surrounding tribes to wear leggings. Women wore skirts that extended almost to their knees and often, during the summer months, nothing else. Children often went naked until they reached puberty. With the advent of European contact, Creek dress became a blend of Indian and European styles. Leggings and breechclouts were often made of red or blue woolen goods, and if the Indian wore a shirt it was usually obtained through trade.

European contact had other profound effects upon the Creeks. Although Hernando De Soto's expedition in 1540 made the first European contact with the Creeks, it had little impact. A century and a half later, however, the Creeks became caught in the European struggle for control of the New World. Spaniards in Florida, Frenchmen in Louisiana, and Englishmen in Georgia and South Carolina all attempted to win the allegiance of the Creek confederacy. Sporadic warfare with Choctaws, Chickasaws, and Cherokees added to the Creeks' problems. By the 1770s the English regarded the Creek confederacy as their most powerful opponent. The American Revolution brought a new expansionistic nation to the Creeks' doorstep. In the first decade of the nineteenth century, the Creeks ceded some of their territory to the land-hungry Americans, but in 1811 the Creek council passed a law forbidding further land sales. Unfortunately for the Creeks, during the War of 1812 a group known as the Red Sticks attacked and killed several American families. The American government responded by sending an army under Andrew Jackson to put down the perceived uprising. Jackson and his men decisively defeated the Red Sticks at the battle of Horseshoe Bend and forced the Creeks to cede a vast amount of their territory to the United States in the Treaty of Fort Jackson, signed in 1814. Over the next two decades, numbers of Creek Indians moved to Indian Territory, after signing treaties exchanging their former homelands for land in Oklahoma. By 1836 the last of the Creeks surrendered their lands and were taken to Indian Territory to join their progressive kinsmen who had moved a decade earlier. In 1836, 14,609 Creeks journeyed to Oklahoma. Some of them split off to live with the Alabama-Coushatta Indians in Texas, but most eventually moved to join their countrymen in the Indian Territory. The Standing Committee on Indian Affairs reported "Coushatta, Alabama, Biloxi, and Muskogee" living in Nacogdoches and Liberty counties in 1837. The first three tribes had resided there for fifty years, but the Muskogees had lived there only for three years. These four groups were estimated to include 150 warriors and were considered to be pacific toward the Texas government. By 1849 an estimated fifty Creek Indians still resided in Texas.

The Creeks in Indian Territory assumed the balance of power in their region. They suffered raids from the wild Plains Indians but soon assumed leadership, defended their borders, and encouraged the Plains tribes to make peace with each other and the Texans. Both Mexicans and Sam Houston attempted to enlist the Creeks' aid against their respective enemies, but the Creeks remained neutral. The Creeks held several meetings with the Plains tribes and counseled them to renounce their nomadic life and take up farming. In 1855 several thousand Comanches, apparently impressed with the Creeks' prosperity, approached the United States to apply for a tract of farmland, but the government never acted on the request. Apparently not all of the Creeks were so peaceful, however. Citizens of Gainesville reported in 1866 that they were daily suffering raids on their cattle and horse herds. A Chickasaw Indian informed them that he had seen a group of Creek Indians driving 750 cattle, identified as belonging to two Texans, across the Red River. The same region occasionally suffered a murder or a scalping, although the responsible Indians were not identified and might not have been Creeks.

Currently, most of the Creek Indians, Muskogees in particular, live southwest of the Cherokees and northwest of the Choctaws in central eastern Oklahoma. At the time of removal in 1832-33, the Creek population was 21,733. Of that population, 17,939 were Muskogees.

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Jefferson Davis( The Same person our school is named after.

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Jefferson Davis was the controversial President of the Confederate States of America. And while many Confederate officials and soldiers renounced the Confederacy once it fell. Jefferson Davis died of natural causes during a trip to New Orleans. However, technically, his body was exhumed and moved to Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, Virginia. However, his original burial site is still a popular attraction in New Orleans.

You can visit it at the Metairie Cemetery in New Orleans.

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Although Creeks continued to emigrate from Alabama in small, family-sized detachments into the 1840s and 1850s, government-sponsored removal ended officially in 1837 and 1838. Between the McIntosh party emigration in 1827 and the end of removal in 1837, more than 23,000 Creeks emigrated from the Southeast.Jan 28, 2009

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The cemeteries of New Orleans are often called “cities of the dead.”

Because New Orleans sits so far below sea level, they “bury” the dead above ground in mausoleums and columbariums. Just rows and rows of very large concrete blocks. While traditional cemeteries require burials of six feet below ground, in New Orleans that's impossible because the city is too close to the water table.

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New Orleans is the largest city in the US state of Louisiana and the 12th largest in the Eastern US
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The city of New Orleans is famous for Mardi Gras, Cajun and Creole culture & cuisine, jazz music, and Hurricane Katrina. It is one of most culturally significant and unique cities in the country.

Find out what else "The Big Easy" is known for with these fun New Orleans facts. Also read these fun facts about Louisiana, the state where New Orleans is found!

General New Orleans Facts

New Orleans is the largest city in the US state of Louisiana and 12th largest in the Eastern United States.

With 383,997 residents, New Orleans is the 53rd largest city in the United States, putting it between Tampa, Florida and Cleveland, Ohio in terms of population.

Downtown New Orleans

The New Orleans metropolitan area is home to 900,000 people, the 49th largest in the country.

Around 27% of all Louisianans live in the Greater New Orleans Area.

The population of New Orleans has been shrinking for decades. It is currently just over half what it was in 1960. Hurricane Katrina in 2005 further displaced 800,000 people.

New Orleans is located in the southeastern area of the state, facing Lake Pontchartrain, which has the longest continuous bridge over water in the world.

New Orleans is particularly prone to flooding, with the 2005 Hurricane Katrina disaster being the most prominent example.

The Mississippi River, 2nd longest in the country, passes right by New Orleans before emptying in the Gulf of Mexico.

Fog on the Mississippi beside New Orleans

The city sits at the same latitude as Cairo, Egypt.

The highest temperature ever recorded in New Orleans was 102°F (38.9°C) in 1980, while the lowest was 6.1°F (−14.4°C) in 1899.

French explorer Sieur de Bienville named the city Nouvelle-Orléans for the Prince Regent of France, Philippe II, Duke of Orléans.

Due to the city's varied mix of languages and culture (including Cajun and Creole), it has been named the most unique city in the country. Travel show host Anthony Bourdain has called the city's food scene the most exciting in the country.

Musicians on the street in New Orleans

Some common nicknames for New Orleans are The Crescent City, The Big Easy, The City That Care Forgot, The City of Yes, and Hollywood South.

The slogan of New Orleans is "laissez les bon temps rouler", which is a Cajun/French translation for "let the good times roll".

People from New Orleans are called New Orleanians, while people from the state of Louisiana are known as Louisianians and Louisianans.

Around 60% of New Orleans residents are African American.

The official flag of New Orleans

The New Orleans flag shows a white field bordered on the top by a red stripe and on the bottom by a blue stripe. In the center, three fleur-de-lis are depicted, a traditional French symbol resembling a flower. These symbols demonstrate the French heritage of New Orleans and the strong ties that the city has to France in general.

New Orleans has 13 sister cities, including Caracas (Venezuela), Orléans (France), Innsbruck (Austria), and Durban (South Africa).

Interesting Facts about New Orleans Places & Events

Bourbon Street is the most famous street in New Orleans. Located in the touristy French Quarter, or Vieux Carré, it is the focal point of Mardi Gras, one of the most famous festivals in the country.

Bourbon Street during Mardi gras

Mardi Gras, which means "Fat Tuesday", is a pre-lent celebration which culminates on the day before Ash Wednesday. Mardi Gras traditions in New Orleans include parades, costumes, tossing of beaded necklaces, flashing, and parties in the streets.

After the first Mardi Gras was held in New Orleans in 1837, the festival became practically synonymous with the city.

The festival now draws over 10 million visitors to New Orleans every year.

Mardi Gras is also celebrated in other countries including Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, and Sweden.

St. Louis, Missouri has the 2nd largest Mardi Gras celebration in the country.

Mardi Gras parade

The Carnival-centered Mardi Gras Fountain in Lakeshore has art tributes that honor over 90 Mardi Gras Carnival krewes (social organizations that organized floats for the parades).

The French Quarter is a National Historic Landmark, with numerous squares and buildings dating to the late 1800s.

Jackson Square, originally known as the Place d'Armes, is the principal park in the French Quarter and it's been a National Historic Landmark since 1960. It's the place where Louisiana became an official territory of the US after the Louisiana Purchase.

Besides the above, there are two dozen other National Historic Landmarks in New Orleans, including the United States Mint, Court of Appeals, Customhouse, St. Charles Streetcar (the longest running streetcar in the world), and several historic homes, churches, and other buildings.

A streetcar in New Orleans

Other trendy neighborhoods in New Orleans include Algiers Point, Garden District, Warehouse District, and Broadmoor.

The tallest building in New Orleans is Hancock Whitney Center, which has 51 floors and stands 697 ft (212 m) tall.

Other iconic buildings in New Orleans include St. Louis Cathedral, the Cabildo, Longue Vue House and Gardens, the Presbytére, and the New Canal Lighthouse.

Some well-known New Orleans landmarks include the Lombard House, the Leeds Foundry, the Hibernia Bank Building, Our Lady of Guadeloupe Church and the Pitot House.

St. Louis Cathedral is the most famous building in New Orleans.

One of the nation's oldest African American churches is the St. Augustine Catholic Church, which was designed by J.N.B. De Pauilly in 1841. The church is also home to the "Tomb of the Unknown Slave", a tribute to enslaved Africans who died in New Orleans and were buried in unmarked graves.

New Orleans' Voodoo Music & Arts Experience has featured over 2000 acts, including some of the because names in music, like KISS, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Metallica, Rage Against the Machine, and 50 Cent.

New Orleans Economy and Society Facts

The Greater New Orleans area has the 47th largest economy in the United States, between the Greater Oklahoma City area and the Greater Memphis area.

New Orleans is home to one Fortune 500 company, Entergy, which delivers electric power to states in the Deep South.

The financial district of New Orleans

Other famous companies that started in New Orleans include Pelican Publishing Company, Walton Construction, and Barton Brands.

New Orleans is home to the oldest family-run restaurant in the country, Antoine's, which has been visited by famous patrons such as Pope John Paul II, Calvin Coolidge, Franklin Roosevelt, and Herbert Hoover.

There are 20 colleges and universities in New Orleans, with the largest being the University of New Orleans, Loyola University New Orleans, and Tulane University.

New Orleans' crime rate is about half that of Baltimore, Maryland, but double that of Louisville, Kentucky.

Famous shopping malls and markets in New Orleans include Canal Place Mall, Little Flea NOLA, the Outlet Collection at Riverwalk, Magazine Street, and the French Market.

New Orleans is home to two billionaires: Sazerac Spirits owner William Goldring (3.9 billion) and New Orleans Saints & New Orleans Pelicans owner Gayle Benson (3.4 billion).

Houses in New Orleans

23.7% of people in New Orleans live below the poverty line. It's the nation's highest official poverty rate.

58.5% of Louisiana residents voted for Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election.

The world can thank New Orleans for the following inventions: dental floss, cotton candy, venetian blinds, the Sazerac (sometimes considered the world's first cocktail), jazz music, and poker.

Movies filmed in New Orleans include Unhinged, Black and Blue, 21 Jump Street, Deep Water, and Happy Death Day.

TV shows filmed in New Orleans include Treme, The Thing About Pam, and NCIS: New Orleans.

New Orleans Sports Facts

The New Orleans Saints have made 10 Playoff appearances (the first was in 1987) and won the Super Bowl 1 time, in 2009, the only time they've ever appeared in it.

Caesars Superdome (formerly Mercedes Benz Superdome)

New Orleans has hosted the Super Bowl 10 times.

Some of the most famous athletes from New Orleans include the great quarterback Peyton Manning, baseball players Mel Ott and Will Clark, and basketball player Clyde Drexler.

Audrey Patterson of New Orleans was the first African American woman to win an Olympic medal.

Other Famous New Orleans People

Actors John Goodman, Anthony Mackie, Sam Trammell, and Tyler Perry were born in New Orleans.

Actresses Reese Witherspoon, Patricia Clarkson, and Pauley Perrette were also born in New Orleans, while Sandra Bullock has been a long-time resident.

Musicians Lil Wayne, DJ Khaled, Lil' Fizz and August Alsina were born in New Orleans.

Ferdinand Morton, otherwise known as Jelly Roll and considered the first great jazz composer and pianist, was born in New Orleans.

Other famous New Orleans jazz musicians included Louis Armstrong, Allen Toussaint, King Oliver, Kermit Ruffins, and Fats Domino.

Famous New Orleanians Louis Armstrong, Fats Domino, John Goodman, Lil Wayne, Reese Witherspoon, and Sandra Bullock (clockwise from top-left)

Tennessee Williams fled his home in St. Louis and adopted New Orleans as his hometown. He would become one of the most preeminent playwrights in the country. Several of his works are set in New Orleans.

Ruth Benerito of New Orleans invented wrinkle-free cotton and is credited for saving the cotton industry. Also, during the Korean War, she invented an intravenous method to feed seriously wounded soldiers.

Andrew Higgins invented the landing craft, which allowed US troops to make amphibious landings during World War II. He was from New Orleans.

Born in New Orleans, Joseph Lascaux was a dentist who invented a machine that spun sugar to make cotton candy.

The Wood screw pump was invented by Albert Baldwin Wood to reduce flooding in New Orleans.

New Orleans resident Dr. Andrew Schally won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1977, while another New Orleans resident, William Faulkner, won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1949.

New Orleans History Facts

The Chitimacha people were the original inhabitants of the New Orleans area.

Historic architecture in New Orleans

New Orleans city was founded in 1718.

From 1765 to 1785, thousands of Acadians (a group of French-speaking people in Canada) were forcibly removed from Nova Scotia province, with main of them ending up in New Orleans/Louisiana and becoming known as Cajuns.

Louisiana became a state and New Orleans its capital in 1812.

In 1815, the Battle of New Orleans took place 5 miles southeast of the French Quarter. It was the climax of a months-long attempt by England to take the city, with England losing.

The Pontchartrain Railroad Company (PRR) established the first rail service in the city in 1831. The first trains were pulled by horses and the line was five miles long.

In 1837, the Picayune newspaper began publication.

The St. Charles Streetcar, operating since 1835, is the longest running streetcar in the world

The nation's oldest family-run restaurant, Antoine's, opened in 1840.

The New Orleans Pacific Railway Company was established in 1876 and originally ran trains between New Orleans and Shreveport.

In 1882, rail service was established between New Orleans and El Paso.

In 1892, Homer Plessy was arrested for boarding a train in New Orleans reserved for white passengers. Homer is categorized as seven-eighths Caucasion and one-eighth African. He fought the charge all the way to the US Supreme Court.

The roots of jazz music began in the late 1800s and early 1900s in New Orleans.

WSMB radio began broadcasting in 1925.

New Orleans thrived during WWII, with factories booming and many servicemen passing through the city (and its bars and brothels) en route to other places.

Jazz musician in New Orleans

The board of Tulane University voted to admit African American students after a lawsuit was filed to desegregate the institution in 1962.

In 1970, New Orleans hosted its first Super Bowl.

Ernest Morial was the first African American to be elected as mayor of New Orleans in 1978.

The first new streetcar line in the city since 1926 was the Riverfront line, which was opened in 1988.

In 2005, Hurricane Katrina made landfall in New Orleans, causing massive floods and displacing almost 1 million people.

Damage from Hurrican Katrina

President Bush pledged 110 Billion USD to New Orleans for the reconstruction of the damages caused by Hurricane Katrina.

In 2021, Mardi Gras parades were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

New Orleans Food and Drink Facts

Some of the most famous foods associated with New Orleans, otherwise known as Cajun or Creole cusine, include gumbo, jambalaya, and beans and rice.

The main difference between Cajun and Creole cuisine is that the latter uses more tomatoes and is considered city food, while the former is considered country food.

New Orleans crawfish boil

Other dishes associated with or invented in New Orleans include king cakes, po boys, crawfish, oysters, BBQ shrimp, muffaletta, banana foster, New Orleans pralines, and snowballs.

There is a cocktail named after Vieux Carré (the French Quarter). The drink was invented in Hotel Monteleone, New Orleans in 1937.

Another famous cocktail invented in New Orleans is the Sazerac, which some consider to be America's first cocktail.

An essential ingredient in both the Vieux Carré and Sazerac is Peychaud's Bitters, which was invented in the city in the 1830s.

The Sazerac, invented in New Orleans, is considered the world's first cocktail

Yet another famous New Orleans cocktail is the Hurricane, whose name comes from obvious reasons.

In New Orleans, cocktails are often served in plastic because it's legal to carry them out into the streets, but not in glass.

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95 Fascinating Facts about New Orleans, Louisiana (2022 Data!) - Fun World Facts

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The city of New Orleans is famous for Mardi Gras, Cajun and Creole culture & cuisine, jazz music, and Hurricane Katrina. It is one of most culturally significant and unique cities in the country. Find out what else "The Big Easy" is known for with these fun New Orleans facts.

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Most Creek Indians today reside in Oklahoma and Florida. 

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Most Creek Indians today reside in Oklahoma and Florida. 

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Crawfish are a traditional New Orleans seafood that is served boiled, sauteed, baked or fried in different varieties and dishes. From crawfish bread and crawfish etouffee to freshly boiled with unique seasoning, crawfish is loved in numerous forms.