Andrew Jackson, from Tennessee, was a forceful proponent of Indian removal. In 1814 he commanded the U.S. military forces that defeated a faction of the Creek nation. In their defeat, the Creeks ...

The Poarch Band of Creek Indians are descendants of a segment of the original Creek Nation, which at one time covered nearly all of Alabama, as well as Georgia. They have lived together for nearly ...

For example, “The name Creek Indians was actually a nickname given ... Later, the utter destruction of the Creek Nation as the Native Americans from vast regions of the southeast were rounded ...

The new lawsuit, by the Lytton, Cloverdale and Dry Creek rancherias, came a week after another Sonoma County-based Pomo band, the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria, filed a similar complaint.