Members of the Muscogee Creek Nation returned to Alabama this weekend for a memorial service on the 210th anniversary of the battle of Horseshoe Bend.
NationalMuscogee Creek Nation Principal Chief David W. Hill, left, and Second Chief Del Beaver stand at the site of the Battle of Horseshoe Bend in Tallapoosa County, Ala., Saturday, March 23,2024. A wreath placed there honors the more than 800 Muscogee who perished during the March 27, 1814, battle. – Prayers and songs of remembrance carried across the grassy field where 800 Muscogee warriors, women and children perished in 1814 while defending their homeland from United States forces..
“They were going to fight to the end. The warriors were going to do what they could do to protect the women and children, protect themselves, protect our freedom, what we had here,” Hill said. Despite signing a treaty with the United States, the Muscogee were eventually forcibly removed from the Southeast to Oklahoma on the Trail of Tears. Some of their descendants made the journey back to the land their ancestors called home to attend the remembrance ceremony.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Memorial marks 210th anniversary of crucial battle between Native Americans and United StatesMembers of the Muscogee Creek Nation returned to Alabama this weekend for a memorial service on the 210th anniversary of the battle of Horseshoe Bend
Read more »
Memorial marks 210th anniversary of crucial battle between Native Americans and United StatesMembers of the Muscogee Creek Nation returned to Alabama this weekend for a memorial service on the 210th anniversary of the battle of Horseshoe Bend. More than 300 American Indians were killed. The battle was the single bloodiest day of conflict for Native Americans. Leaders of the Muscogee Nation on Saturday placed a wreath on the battle site.
Read more »
Memorial marks 210th anniversary of crucial battle between Native Americans and United StatesALEXANDER CITY, Ala. (AP) — Prayers and songs of remembrance carried across the grassy field where 800 Muscogee warriors, women and children perished in
Read more »
Memorial marks 210th anniversary of crucial battle between Native Americans and United StatesMembers of the Muscogee Creek Nation returned to Alabama this weekend for a memorial service on the 210th anniversary of the battle of Horseshoe Bend.
Read more »
Memorial marks 210th anniversary of crucial battle between Native Americans and United StatesMembers of the Muscogee Creek Nation returned to Alabama this weekend for a memorial service on the 210th anniversary of the battle of Horseshoe Bend.
Read more »
When one grows up Native and faulted for not being 'Native enough'Deborah Jackson Taffa's memoir 'Whiskey Tender' explores complexities of her family history and her own life as the child of a Quechan (Yuma) and Laguna Pueblo father and a Catholic Latina.
Read more »