Creek Sites near Atlanta
More Info
- Muscogee (Creek) DictionaryIncludes English & Muskogee dictionary and audio.
Subject Guide
Kristan Majors
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phone: 404-727-8932
email: kmajors@emory.edu
I assist students and faculty with research and class projects. Feel free to contact me for an appointment.
Historic Maps
- 1816 Map of Georgia & Alabama Creek Indians & U.S. FortsLibrary of Congress American Memory project. Title of map:
Map by which the Creek Indians gave their statement at Fort Strother on the 22nd Jany, 1816 : [Alabama and Georgia]. - United States map & British territories based on 1784 treatyZoom in to see the notes where Creek lands are located in Georgia and Alabama.
- 1818 Map of the State of Georgia by D. SturgesIncludes Upper Creek and Lower Creek villages and the "Chatty-hoche" river.
- The Trail System of the Southeastern United States in the Early Colonial Period. A preliminary map from data collected by W.E. Myer, 1923.The key to this map and the full report are included in the United States, Congress, House. Forty-second annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution 1924-1925. 69th Congress, 1st Session, H.Doc. 246, 1926. Readex: U.S. Congressional Serial Set. Begin at page 727 for the Meyers report. Many larger cities in Georgia are marked on this map.
Georgia Map
National atlas of the United States of America. - Indian tribes, Cultures & Languages
Map including the Creek Nation available at the National Atlas from the Library of Congress Memory project.
Historic Documents often cited about Georgia and Creek Indians
- The Southeastern Part of the Present United StatesFrom NC State Archives: this map is a redrawn copy, probably by John R. Swanton, of a portion of the 1755 map of North America by John Mitchell. The map portrays western North Carolina and other parts of the southeast. The locations of various Indian tribes in the southeast are noted with annotations regarding the status of the tribes. Tribes noted include the Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Quapaw, Creek, Apalachee, and Catawba. Indian towns and white settlements are identified, and major roads are shown.
- Early history of the Creek Indians and their neighbors, by John R. Swanton. [Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 73.]One of the leading sources it includes historic maps from 1715-1800s. This historic book is published online in the U.S. Serial Set. Access is limited to Emory students, faculty, and staff will require an Emory login and password.
- Myths and tales of the southeastern Indians, by John R. Swanton. [Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 88.]Published in 1929 by the Smithsonian Institute as the Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 88. Included in the U.S. Serial Set this book is available online for Emory University and requires an Emory id/password.
- Indian Land Cessions in the United States, by Charles C. RoyceAccessible online from the U.S. Serial Set. Available with an Emory id/password. See the 1821 Treaty on page 702 and map 15 to see the Atlanta/Emory area. This text is within the Bureau of American Ethnology volume 18 produced in 1896-97.
- Indian Land CessionsMaps and treaties are listed separately. Can browse by state or tribe.
- Observations on the Creek and Cherokee IndiansWilliam Bartram, 1789. reprinted in the American Ethnological Society's Transactions volume 3, part 1. 1845-1853.
- Forty-second annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution 1924-1925Includes Swanton's "Religious & Medical Practices of the Creek" and Myer's "Indian Trails of the Southeast." You can search for Creek, Muskhogean and Muskogee spellings.
- U.S. Congressional Serial Set This link opens in a new windowFor additional reports including those published by the Bureau of American Ethnology on the Creek and Cherokee, search here.
- Guide to American Indian Documents in the Congressional Serial SetTo navigate more historical government documents from 1817-1899.
Related Emory Publications
For additional resources and information about the collections available and Emory's recognition of the ancestral lands of the Creek Nation visit these Emory web sites and publications:
Emory Libraries Celebrates National American Indian Heritage Month, November 2, 2020
Indigenous Peoples' Day 2020, October 12, 2020
Native American and Indigenous Studies research guide by Lori Jahnke, Anthropology librarian
Land Acknowledgement, Native American & Indigenous Engagement at Emory
Emory's President's Letter on Indigenous Peoples' Day, October 12, 2020
The following books are provided by the NAISI faculty in January 2021 from the acknowledgement and history of Muscogee (Creek) land.
Rivers of Sand by Call Number: Both online and paper copies availableISBN: 0803284888Publication Date: 20162017 book award winner rom the Alabama Historical Association. At its height the Creek Nation comprised a collection of multiethnic towns and villages with a domain stretching across large parts of Alabama, Georgia, and Florida. By the 1830s, however, the Creeks had lost almost all this territory through treaties and by the unchecked intrusion of white settlers who illegally expropriated Native soil. Christopher D. Haveman's meticulous study uses previously unexamined documents to weave narratives of resistance and survival, making Rivers of Sand an essential addition to the ethnohistory of American Indian removal.
Bending Their Way Onward by Call Number: Emory has 3 copies check Library SearchISBN: 9781496204141Publication Date: 2018Bending Their Way Onward is an extensive collection of letters and journals describing the travels of the Creeks as they moved from Alabama to present-day Oklahoma. This award winning book includes many previously unpublished documents from 1827-1877.
Unworthy Republic: the Dispossession of Native Americans and the Road to Indian Territory by Call Number: Emory has 2 copies check Library SearchISBN: 9780393609851Publication Date: 2020This award winning book is a masterful and unsettling history of "Indian Removal," the forced migration of Native Americans across the Mississippi River in the 1830s and the state-sponsored theft of their lands. Hailed for its searing insight, Unworthy Republic transforms our understanding of this pivotal period in American history.
A New Order of Things by Call Number: Emory has 2 online copies 2 paper copiesISBN: 9780511511554Publication Date: 1999Claudio Saunt vividly depicts a dramatic transformation in the eighteenth century that overturned the world of the powerful and numerous Creek Indians and forever changed the Deep South. A New Order of Things was the first book to chronicle this decisive transformation in America's early history, a transformation that left deep divisions between the wealthy and poor, powerful and powerless.
Creek Country by Call Number: Emory has 3 copies check Library SearchISBN: 9780807854952Publication Date: 2003Reconstructing the human and natural environment of the Creek Indians in frontier Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama, and Tennessee, Robbie Ethridge illuminates a time of wrenching transition. Creek Country presents a compelling portrait of a culture in crisis, of its resiliency in the face of profound change, and of the forces that pushed it into decisive, destructive conflict. In a detailed description of Creek town life, the author reveals how social structures were stretched to accommodate increased engagement with whites and blacks.
