Okmulgee
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Okmulgee |
| Ethnie: | OKMULGEE |
| Language: | Mikasuki |
| Family: | Eastern Muskogee |
| Stock: | Muskogee |
| Phylum: | Algic |
| Macro-Culture: | Eastern Woodlands |
| Speakers | None |
| The Okmulgee were a sedentary hunter/farmer tribe. Aboriginally, they were located near present Macon on the Okmulgee River. They later removed to the Chatahoochee near present Columbus. They separated from the Hitchiti late, and allied with the Osochi and Chiaha. They later yet joined the Creek Confederacy. |
| Aboriginal Locations: Subdivisions (Villages) |
| GA (1) |
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| Year | History |
| 1715 | Soon settled near the Chiaha and Osochi on the Chatahoochee from site of present Macon |
| 1822 | On the Flint River |
| 1836 | Joined Creek Confederacy, providing Chief Pleasant Porter and the Perryman's (Important in early Creek history) |
| Year | Total GA Pop. | Source | |
| 1700 | 200 | NAHDB calculation | |
| 1750 | French census, more than 20 warriors | ||
| 1760 | British census, 30 warriors | ||
| 1761 | 220 | Young estimate | |
| 1800 | 0 | NAHDB calculation | |
| 1900 | 0 | NAHDB calculation | |
| 2000 | 0 | NAHDB calculation |
| Other speakers of the same language: |
| Apalachicola, Chiaha, Hitchiti, Miccosuki, Oconee, Sawokli, Tamathli, Yamasee |
| Okmulgee Sites: |
| Alabama Indian Tribes http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/alabama/ |
| Georgia Indian Tribes http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/georgia/ |
| Miccosuki Language http://www.native-languages.org/mikasuki.htm |
| Mikasuki Language http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=mik |
| Mikasuki Linguistic Lineage http://www.ethnologue.com/show_family.asp?subid=92336 |
| Porter, Pleasant (Okmulgee descent) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleasant_Porter |
| Porter, Pleasant (Okmulgee descent) http://digital.library.okstate.edu/Chronicles/v009/v009p318.html |
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