Enrollment requirements for the Muscogee Creek Nation of Oklahoma
The criteria for citizenship is that you must trace back to a direct ancestor listed on the 1906 Dawes Roll by issuance of birth and/or death certificates.
Muscogee (Creek) Tribes
Muskogee Creek Tribes
The Muskogee (Creek) Indians are a Native American people originally from the Southeastern United States, particularly Alabama, Georgia, and Florida. They were part of a powerful alliance known as the Creek Confederacy, which united numerous towns (or talwa) under a loose democratic structure. Known for their advanced agricultural systems, ceremonial traditions like the Green Corn Festival, and a complex matrilineal clan system, the Muskogee played a major role in southeastern Native history long before European contact.
Following the Indian Removal Act of 1830, most Creek people were forcibly relocated to present-day Oklahoma along the Trail of Tears, suffering tremendous losses. Today, their descendants are represented by several federally recognized tribes, most notably the Muscogee (Creek) Nation based in Oklahoma and the Poarch Band of Creek Indians in Alabama.
Read MoreEnrollment requirements for the Muscogee Creek Nation of Oklahoma
Citizenship criteria for the Muscogee Creek Nation of Oklahoma
The criteria for citizenship is that you must trace back to a direct ancestor listed on the 1906 Dawes Roll by issuance of birth and/or death certificates.
Overview of the Creek Indian Tribe
The Creek Indians were a confederation of tribes that belonged primarily to the Muskhogean linguistic group, which also included the Choctaws and Chickasaws. The Muskogees were the dominant tribe of the confederacy, but all members eventually came to be known collectively as Creek Indians.
How to become a member of the Poarch Creek Indians
At present, the Poarch Creek Indian Tribal Roll is open for membership only if the following conditions are met.
Where to start in your search for Creek or Muskoke ancestors
The records relating to the Creek Indians are actually records of a number of different Indian tribes who belonged to confederacy of which the Muskoke or Creek (as they were called by the Europeans) were the principal power. The confederacy included various Muscogee people such as the Okfuskee, Otciapofa, Abikha, Okchai, Hilibi, Fus-hatchee, Tulsa, Coosa, as well as the Alabama, Natchez, Koasati and possibly some Shawnee who settled among them.
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