In the Muscogee language, are a related group of indigenous peoples of the Southeastern Woodlands.[2] Their original homelands are in what now comprises southern Tennessee, all of Alabama, western Georgia and part of northern Florida.[3] Like the Cherokees in northeastern Alabama, most of the Muscogee people were forcibly relocated from their original lands in the 1830s during the Trail of Tears to Indian Territory (now Oklahoma). Some Muscogee fled European encroachment in 1797 and 1804 to establish two small tribal territories that continue to exist today in Louisiana and Texas. Another small branch of the Muscogee Creek Confederacy managed to remain in Alabama and is now known as the Poarch Band of Creek Indians.
The Creeks were known for their American Indian baskets, woodcarvings, and glazed pottery. When they had to move to Oklahoma, the Creeks couldn't get the materials they used to use for some of their traditional crafts, so they concentrated more on other crafts such as beadwork.
