Muscogee
Native American people traditionally from the southeastern United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Muscogee or Mvskoke, Muscogee Creek are a Native American people from the Southeastern Woodlands. Today this is Tennessee, Alabama, western Georgia and northern Florida. Their languages are Muscogee, Mvskoke and Hitchiti-Mikasuki. The languages are part of the Muscogean language family. The Seminole people come from the Muscogee tribes. The Muscogee historically formed the Muscogee Confederacy.
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Total population | |
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2010: self-identified 88,332 alone and in combination[1] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
United States: Alabama, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas | |
Languages | |
Muscogee, Hitchiti-Mikasuki, and English | |
Religion | |
Protestantism, Four Mothers Society, and others | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Muskogean peoples: Alabama, Koasati, Miccosukee, Yamasee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, and Seminole |
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