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Alabama's Only Federally Recognized Tribe: The Poarch Creek Indians
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The Poarch Band of Creek Indians have lived together for nearly 150 years.
Many years ago, the original Creeks were a unified tribe within the Muskogee Nation, but in the early 1800s tension among European settlers and several members of the tribal community reached its peak. In 1813, a faction of the Creek tribe retaliated against attacks by settlers, eventually prompting the division of the tribe into the "Red Sticks" and the "Friendly Sticks."
Following the Red Stick War, the Creek Nation lost much of their ancestral lands along the Coosa and Tallapoosa Rivers near Montgomery and the Alabama River. Still, a group of Creeks who served as innkeepers and local business people were permitted to stay in the area until the growing population and decreasing availability of land in nearby Tenasaw caused several Creek families to move inland into the Poarch area.
As time passed, this grouping of families formed their own distinct tribe - The Poarch Creek Indians.
Today, the Poarch Band of Creek Indians hold another distinction that makes the community unique. They are the only federally recognized Native American tribe in Alabama.
Many years ago, the original Creeks were a unified tribe within the Muskogee Nation, but in the early 1800s tension among European settlers and several members of the tribal community reached its peak. In 1813, a faction of the Creek tribe retaliated against attacks by settlers, eventually prompting the division of the tribe into the "Red Sticks" and the "Friendly Sticks."
Following the Red Stick War, the Creek Nation lost much of their ancestral lands along the Coosa and Tallapoosa Rivers near Montgomery and the Alabama River. Still, a group of Creeks who served as innkeepers and local business people were permitted to stay in the area until the growing population and decreasing availability of land in nearby Tenasaw caused several Creek families to move inland into the Poarch area.
As time passed, this grouping of families formed their own distinct tribe - The Poarch Creek Indians.
Today, the Poarch Band of Creek Indians hold another distinction that makes the community unique. They are the only federally recognized Native American tribe in Alabama.
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