Creek tribe
Geography• Original residence:
-Georgia
-Alabama
-Florida
-North Carolina• Today: 2 tribes
-Oklahoma (1800’s)
-Original homeland
-Scattered
Society
• Basic unit: village
Families• Miko: cheif (male)• Tribal council:
decision making
Traditional lifestyle• Men: hunter (deer,
game, fish), warrior• Women: child care,
cooking, farming (corn, beans, squash)
• Both gender: storytelling, art, medicine
o Trading (jargon)
Home
• Settled villages with one square
• Single-family houses: plaster and rivercane walls with thatched roofs
• Circular buildings: ceremonies
• „Ball field”
• Palisades: walls
Without walls
With walls
Clothes
• Men: breechcloths, leather leggings
• Women: deerskin or woven fiber skirts and mantles
• Both: moccasins
• Warriors: complex tribal tattoos, bright red face
Warriors
Interesting facts
• Other name is Muskogee
• Afvcketv: stickball• Cradleboards• Dishes: cornbread,
soups• Traditional legends
and fairy tales
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