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.
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According to both sides of my family, my great great grandmother on my dad's side was full blood Creek from South Alabama. The story was that she had beautiful long black hair and was very attractive.

kyletango
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Do you have fluent Creek speakers? I am just curious I come from the Red Lake Nation we have the most Ojibwe fluent speakers in our state.

Awanookwe
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They're "Creek" but never "Mvskoke."

blackout
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0:20 WHAT DOES THIS WHITE WOMAN MEANS BY "WE" ?

annazfker
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Give back our ancestors! Auburn University and Poarch band save our Ancestors at Hickory Grounds

ThomasDavis-ehpy
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My apologies mrs. Murphy you appear to be at least 80% European nothing against Europeans I have European blood but also be proud of your European heritage

marcosmartinez
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Her family paid $5 to The Dawes rolls and took peoples heritage. I’m sick of this foreal

t-four
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She looked like she could be mixed Native American and Scottish

mikhailabunidal
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There's only 1 authentic creek nation...and I stand on that..

MrGenogrant
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Interesting, I know a guy from the Creek Reservation. He didn't have to many good things to say about it but is happy he moved out here to Georgia.

Toxicplyer
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Recognized by your enemies. Why other native peoples are struggling to get recognized

MochaA
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yall know damn well they aint pale in skin tone😠

GodsFav
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They Creek? I swear I thought they was “Cherokee” lol

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