Oxford in Calhoun County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)
The Muscogee (Creek) Nation Today
Choccolocco Park Interpretive Trail
Photographed by Mark Hilton, January 26, 2020
1. The Muscogee (Creek) Nation Today Marker
Inscription.
The Muscogee (Creek) Nation Today. . Today, the people who once inhabited this region of Alabama are recognized by the federal government as belonging to several tribes: the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town, Kialegee Tribal Town, and Thlopthlocco Tribal Town of Oklahoma; the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana; the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas; and the Poarch Band of Creeks in Alabama. Among the Muscogee (Creek) Nation's 80,000 enrolled citizens today, one can find the descendants of the people who once called the Choccolocco Valley home. The Muscogee (Creek) Nation is headquartered in Okmulgee, Oklahoma, and is the fourth largest tribe in the United States. Led by an elected Principal Chief and a National Council, the tribe operates a nearly $300 million budget, employs over 4,000 people, and provides vital services to its citizens such as health care, housing, education, and social services. It also provides a political and administrative voice to the various ceremonial grounds, ancestral towns, and peoples, such as the Arbeka (Abihka), within the federally recognized tribe.
Today, the people who once inhabited this region of Alabama are recognized
by the federal government as belonging to several tribes: the Muscogee
(Creek) Nation, Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town, Kialegee Tribal Town, and
Thlopthlocco Tribal Town of Oklahoma; the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana;
the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas; and the Poarch Band of Creeks in
Alabama. Among the Muscogee (Creek) Nation's 80,000 enrolled citizens
today, one can find the descendants of the people who once called the
Choccolocco Valley home. The Muscogee (Creek) Nation is headquartered
in Okmulgee, Oklahoma, and is the fourth largest tribe in the United States.
Led by an elected Principal Chief and a National Council, the tribe operates
a nearly $300 million budget, employs over 4,000 people, and provides vital
services to its citizens such as health care, housing, education, and social
services. It also provides a political and administrative voice to the various
ceremonial grounds, ancestral towns, and peoples, such as the Arbeka
(Abihka), within the federally recognized tribe.
Location. 33° 36.03′ N, 85° 47.575′ W. Marker is in Oxford, Alabama, in Calhoun County. It can be reached from Leon Smith Parkway. Located within Choccolocco Park. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 954 Leon Smith Parkway, Oxford AL 36203, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in East Alabama. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Deep South. Globally, it is in North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the original Cherokee Nation, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Muscogee (Creek) Nation (about 700 feet away, measured in a direct line); Archaic (approx. 0.2 miles away); a different marker also named Muscogee (Creek) Nation
Photographed by Mark Hilton, January 26, 2020
2. The Muscogee (Creek) Nation Today Marker looking towards the park entrance.
Credits. This page was last revised on January 28, 2020. It was originally submitted on January 28, 2020, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 1,740 times since then and 57 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3. submitted on January 28, 2020, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.
