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- DictionaryCreek/kriːk/
noun
- 1. a member of a confederacy of North American peoples of the south-eastern US in the 16th to 19th centuries; their descendants now live mainly in Oklahoma.
- 2. the Muskogean language that was spoken by members of the Creek confederacy.
adjective
- 1. relating to or denoting the Creek or their language.
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4 days ago · A bitter fight between two tribes over sacred land where one built a casino. Creek, Muskogean-speaking North American Indians who originally occupied a huge expanse of the flatlands of what are now Georgia and Alabama.
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