Land area

Land of the Creek or Muscogee in Oklahoma, ceded 1889 (area 698)

Shape traced from the 1899 maps; approximate. Open on the map

1889
Ceded to the United States
The 1899 record: “Ratifies .and contirras .agreement made with tlie Creeks Jan. 19, 1889, by which they cede to the U. S. the half of their "domain" lying W. of the division line”

In the record

Ceded by the Creek in a January 1889 agreement ratified that March: the half of their lands west of the 1866 division line, and all other claims (the 'Oklahoma' lands). The area covers about 2.1 million acres in what is now Oklahoma.

The 1899 record names Muscogee (Creek) as the people of this land.

Today, Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town, Kialegee Tribal Town, Muscogee (Creek) Nation, Poarch Band of Creek Indians and Thlopthlocco Tribal Town carry the history of the people named here.

Written from the records linked here; open any of them for its sources.

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Shapes come from C. C. Royce’s 1899 maps as georeferenced by the US Forest Service. They are approximate and are not legal descriptions of land. Royce recorded land the United States treated as ceded; the shape does not show a nation’s territory.

Who is doing the work

This history belongs to living nations. Start with them:

Land return and Native-led work nearby

Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes Nation government Seeking return of about 6,700 acres at Fort Reno

Native legal and land defense, nationally

Native American Rights Fund (NARF) Native-led Litigation and legal advocacy for tribal sovereignty, treaty rights, land and resources Give on their site Website
NDN Collective (LANDBACK Campaign) Native-led LANDBACK campaign (launched 2020; Mount Rushmore closure and return of Black Hills public lands), Indigenous… Give on their site Website
Indian Land Tenure Foundation (ILTF) Native-led Land recovery and control by tribes and individual Indian landowners Website
Decolonizing Wealth Project (Indigenous Earth Fund; California Tribal Land Return) Native-led Reparative philanthropy Give on their site Website

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Connections

Links marked “suggested” were matched automatically by name or date and have not yet been reviewed by a person.

Nations named for this land 2

Muscogee (Creek)as named in the 1899 recordsuggested
Muscogee (Creek) Nationmatched by the Forest Service, under reviewsuggested

Located in 1

Oklahoma

Sources

Royce, Indian Land Cessions (1899), Schedule entry dated 1889-03-01primary record
Royce’s map sheet: Indian Territory 3 (Library of Congress)primary record
USDA Forest Service, Tribal Lands Ceded to the United States (digitized Royce maps)reference work

The record’s fields

Area number in the 1899 record: 698
Dates in the 1899 record: 1889-03-01
Kind of instrument: Act of Congress
Peoples as named in the 1899 record: Creek or Muscogee
States: OK
Counties: Canadian; Cleveland; Kingfisher; Logan; Oklahoma; Payne
Map sheets in the 1899 record: Indian Territory 3
Geometry: Approximate shape from Royce’s 1899 maps

Research notes

geometry_role is 'cession' for every USFS feature: no field in the source distinguishes cessions from reservations.

Kind: Land area
Confidence: Medium

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