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Miles Rhodes,
Wine Taster
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The Indians also valued the rich mineral water bubbling from springs in Maple Creek and legend has it that Owatonna, the sickly daughter of Chief Wabena, was restored back to health by these refreshing waters.
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Bori Gonbutoren,
Reindeer Herder
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Many Indians were defrauded of their reservations by white settlers or land speculators, but it remains a possibly productive task to search these records for a Creek, Choctaw, or Cherokee Progenitor.
The Judicial power of the Poarch Band of Creek Indians is vested exclusively on the judicial system which consist of a Tribal Supreme Court and a Court of general jurisdiction known as the Tribal Court.
The Creek and Cherokee Indians, who alone of the Southern tribes had annoyed our frontiers, have lately confirmed their preexisting treaties with us, and were giving evidence of a sincere disposition to carry them into effect by the surrender of the prisoners and property they had taken.
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John Carthy,
Gun Shop Sales Assistant
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Any rights or powers heretofore vested in the Poarch Band of Creek Indians, but not expressly referred to in the Constitution, shall not be lost by their omission but may be exercised by the adoption of appropriate amendments of the Constitution.
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Brian Mengel,
Civil Servant
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The Poarch Creek Indians Housing Authority was established in 1984 to provide new housing on the reservation for low-income Tribal households and to meet the needs of elderly Tribal members.
The Poarch Band of Creek Indians wants to train its own outreach workers and provide information through monthly newsletters distributed to each household and through schools and PTA meetings.
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Ben Werner,
Student Newspaper Editor
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The real impact of the Indians in the war was that their involvement caused the beginning of the end of organized Indian resistance in the northwest and the defeat of the Upper Creeks in the south.
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Abu Kashir,
Gas Station Attendant
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Before the cemetery was established, this is where thousands of native Creek Indians were rounded up in 1836 before being sent west on the notorious Trail of Tears to Indian Territory in Oklahoma.
The oyster shells were gathered from old mounds of shell left by the Creek Indians, with lime made from burning the shells.
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Paddy McGuinness,
Newsagent
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By 1750 the Cherokee drove the Creek Indians out of northern Alabama and northern Georgia, making possible the Cherokee occupation of the cave that continued until 1819.
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Thomas Owens,
Police Officer
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The primary goal of the Poarch Creek Indian Drug Court is to provide immediate and direct treatment to the drug offender.
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