My Mother’s Clan, My Father’s Country: Muskogee (Creek) Intermarriage and Nineteenth Century Nation Building

International Journal of Humanities and Social Science

© 2022 by SSRG - IJHSS Journal

Volume 9 Issue 4

Year of Publication : 2022

Authors : Janet Lynne Altamirano

10.14445/23942703/IJHSS-V9I4P106

How to Cite?

Janet Lynne Altamirano, "My Mother’s Clan, My Father’s Country: Muskogee (Creek) Intermarriage and Nineteenth Century Nation Building," SSRG International Journal of Humanities and Social Science, vol. 9,  no. 4, pp. 38-41, 2022. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.14445/23942703/IJHSS-V9I4P106

Abstract:

Before the Revolutionary War, intermarriage was already common between European traders and the tribal members of the Muscogee (Creek) confederacy in the area that is now Georgia and Alabama. After the war ended, the larger issue became how to be Native American in the new United States, as tribal culture was replaced with state governments. This paper explores how intermarriage between Muskogee (Creek) Indian women and European men accelerated the loss of tribal land in the southeast, created conflict within the tribe, and influenced nation-building in postcolonial America.

Keywords:

Intermarriage, Muscogee (Creek), Native Americans, Postcolonial America, Tribal land loss.

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