essay

Creek in the East since Removal

Handbook of North American Indians. Southeast14Published In 2004 • Pages: 404-406

By: Paredes, J. Anthony (James Anthony).

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Paredes describes the fate of those Creeks who chose to remain in the East following the removal of the major part of the tribe to Oklahoma during the period of 1836 to the mid-1840s. The author notes that by the end of the nineteenth century most of the Creek descendants remaining in the East had become assimilated into the surrounding non-Indian population, with the exception of one group who survived as a distinct, locally acknowledged Indian community near Poarch, Alabama. This study describes the land claims of this community made against the U.S. government and their attempt to receive federal recognition as a distinct tribe.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
External relations
Public welfare
Tribe and nation
Real property
Litigation
Cultural participation
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Creek
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2009
RegionThe area the document pertains to
North America
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
Eastern Woodlands
Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
essay
Evaluation
Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Ethnologist
Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
4: Excellent Secondary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
John Beierle; 2008
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
no date
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1832-2000
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Poarch Creek Community, Alabama, United States
NotesAdditional notes
J. Anthony Paredes
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
77017162
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Creek Indians