Who are the Machis Lower Creek Indian Tribe ?
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Official Tribal Name: Machis Lower Creek Indian Tribe
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Recognition Status: State Recognized
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Region: Southeastern
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Confederacy: Muscogee
The Muscogee were not one tribe but a union of several. This union evolved into a confederacy that was the most sophisticated political organization north of Mexico. Member tribes were called tribal towns. Within this political structure, each tribal town maintained political autonomy and distinct land holdings.
The confederacy was dynamic in its capacity to expand. New tribal towns were born of “Mother towns” as populations increased. The confederation was also expanded by the addition of tribes conquered by towns of the confederacy, and, in time, by the incorporation of tribes and fragments of tribes devastated by the European imperial powers. Within this confederacy, the language and the culture of the founding tribal towns became dominant.
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Black Creeks adopted through the Dawes Commission between 1898 and 1916
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Related Tribes:
- Alabama-Coushatta Tribe (Texas) (F)
- Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town (Oklahoma) (F)
- Alibamu Indians
- Chattahoochee Creeks
- Cher-O-Creek Intra Tribal Indians (S)
- Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana (Louisiana)
- Creek Freedmen
- Kialegee Tribal Town (Oklahoma) (F)
- Lower Muskogee Creek Tribe (East of the Mississippi) (S)
- Machis Lower Creek Indian Tribe (Alabama) (S)
- Mississippian Moundbuilders
- Muscogee (Creek) Nation (Oklahoma) (F)
- Ochese Creeks
- Poarch Band of Creek Indians of Alabama (F)
- Star Clan of Muscogee Creeks (Alabama) (S)
- Thlopthlocco Tribal Town (F)
- Also see Creek Tribes
The Seminole were originally part of the Muscogee tribes.
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Common rituals included:
- Conducting a wake service the night before burial;
- Never leaving the body alone before burial;
- Enclosing personal items and food in the casket;
- Digging graves by hand;
- Each individual throwing a handful of dirt into the grave before covering, called giving a “farewell handshake”;
- Covering the grave completely by hand;
- Building a house over the grave;
- Waiting 4 days before burial;
- Using medicine/purification; and
- Adhering to a socialized mourning period.
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Tribal College: College of the Muscogee Nation
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