Hickory Ground was the last capitol of the National Council of the - TopicsExpress



          

Hickory Ground was the last capitol of the National Council of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation. The sacred place includes a ceremonial ground, a tribal burial ground and individual graves. The current day Muscogee (Creek) Nation’s ancestors lived and were buried there before the tribe was forced from its Alabama homeland on the Trail of Tears to Oklahoma. The sacred site is now held in trust by the Interior Department for the Poarch Band of Creek Indians. A bitter dispute continues between the Muscogee Nation and the Poarch Band over Poarch’s excavation of almost 60 sets of remains of Muscogee ancestors during the band’s casino expansion. Last fall, the Muscogee Nation sued the Poarch Band in federal court to stop the construction. The case is pending.
Posted on: Tue, 06 Jan 2015 22:05:02 +0000

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