Muscogee

The Muscogee, also known as the Creeks, formed a confederacy of towns across much of present-day Alabama and western Georgia. Their ancestors belonged to the Mississippian mound-building cultures, and the confederacy brought together communities speaking several languages.

The Creek War of 1813–1814 began as a struggle between Muscogee factions and drew in the United States. After Andrew Jackson defeated the Red Sticks, the 1814 Treaty of Fort Jackson forced the confederacy to cede vast lands, including those of Creeks who had fought beside him. Most Muscogee were forcibly moved to Indian Territory in the 1830s.