Okfuskee

Okfuskee are a Muscogee tribe. Alternative spellings include the traditional Mvskoke spelling "Akfvske", referring to the tribal town in Alabama, and the comparable spelling Oakfuskee.^[1] They formed part of the former Creek (Muscogee) Confederacy in Alabama, prior to their removal during the 1830s to the Indian Territory.^[2] Okfuskee County, Oklahoma is named for a settlement where members of the tribe formerly lived.

The talwa was located on the Tallapoosa River, near Sandy Creek.^[3] The town occupied both sides of the Tallapoosa River and it lay at the intersection of two major trade routes, the Upper Trading Path that connected it to Charleston and the Okfuskee Trail that connected it to Savannah. The Upper Trading Path continued toward the west, connecting Okfuskee with the Chickasaw tribe.^[4] In response to the French construction of Fort Toulouse, British traders from the Province of Georgia occupied a fort in Okfuskee, known as Fort Okfuskee, from 1735 to 1743. Traders from the Province of South Carolina built a second Fort Okfuskee that was only occupied in 1744.^[5]

The Red Stick leader Menawa was from Okfuskee.^[6]

References

^ Martin, Jack B. (2000). A dictionary of Creek/Muskogee: with notes on the Florida and Oklahoma Seminole dialects of Creek. University of Nebraska Press in cooperation with the American Indian Studies Research Institute, Indiana University, Bloomington. ISBN 0-8032-3207-1. OCLC 43561668.
^ "Creek Research". Alabama Indian Affairs Commission. State of Alabama. Retrieved August 19, 2012.
^ Wright, Amos J. Jr. (2003). Historic Indian Towns in Alabama, 1540-1838. University of Alabama Press. p. 120. ISBN 0-8173-1251-X.
^ Piker, Joshua A. (2004). Okfuskee: A Creek Indian Town in Colonial America. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 36. ISBN 0-674-01335-2.
^ Harris, W. Stuart (1977). Dead Towns of Alabama. Tuscaloosa, Alabama: University of Alabama Press. p. 47. ISBN 0-8173-1125-4.
^ Braund, Kathryn. "Menawa". Encyclopedia of Alabama. Retrieved March 26, 2023.

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[1] Martin, Jack B. (2000). A dictionary of Creek/Muskogee: with notes on the Florida and Oklahoma Seminole dialects of Creek. University of Nebraska Press in cooperation with the American Indian Studies Research Institute, Indiana University, Bloomington. ISBN 0-8032-3207-1. OCLC 43561668.

[2] "Creek Research". Alabama Indian Affairs Commission. State of Alabama. Retrieved August 19, 2012.

[3] Wright, Amos J. Jr. (2003). Historic Indian Towns in Alabama, 1540-1838. University of Alabama Press. p. 120. ISBN 0-8173-1251-X.

[4] Piker, Joshua A. (2004). Okfuskee: A Creek Indian Town in Colonial America. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 36. ISBN 0-674-01335-2.

[5] Harris, W. Stuart (1977). Dead Towns of Alabama. Tuscaloosa, Alabama: University of Alabama Press. p. 47. ISBN 0-8173-1125-4.

[6] Braund, Kathryn. "Menawa". Encyclopedia of Alabama. Retrieved March 26, 2023.

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v t e Muscogee Creek Confederacy
Four mother towns	Abihka Coweta Kasihta Tukabatchee
Groups and towns	Alabama Apalachicola Coushatta Eufaula Fowltown (four locations) Hitchiti Miccosukee Muklassa Muscogee Okchai Okfuskee Prospect Bluff Historic Sites Sabacola Tallapoosa Tribal town
Leaders	Josiah Francis (Francis the Prophet) William McIntosh Peter McQueen Menawa Neamathla Osceola William Weatherford
Languages	Alabama Apalachee Creek-Seminole Koasati Mikasuki-Hitchiti
Culture	Religion Four Mothers Society Green Corn Ceremony Stomp dance College of the Muscogee Nation
History	Mississippian culture Pisgah phase Etowah Moundville Long Swamp Site Apalachicola Province (predecessor to Lower Towns) Chiaha Leon-Jefferson culture Battle of Taliwa State of Muskogee Forbes purchase Red Sticks Red Stick War (Creek civil war) Battle of Burnt Corn Fort Mims Massacre Kimbell-James Massacre Battle of Horseshoe Bend (1814) Prospect Bluff Historic Sites Battle of Ocheesee Seminole Wars Indian Removal Act Trail of Tears Creek War of 1836 Creek National Capitol Crazy Snake Rebellion
Politics and law	Treaty of New York (1790) Treaty of Fort Jackson (1814) Treaty of Nicolls' Outpost (unratified) Treaty of Moultrie Creek Treaty of Washington (1826) Indian Removal Act Treaty of Cusseta Oklahoma Tax Commission v. United States Sharp v. Murphy
Federally recognized tribes (20th century)	Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana Kialegee Tribal Town Muscogee (Creek) Nation Poarch Band of Creek Indians Thlopthlocco Tribal Town