www abdopublishing com Published by Abdo Publishing a division of ABDO PO Box 398166 Minneapolis Minnesota 55439 Copyright 2015 by Abdo Consulting Group Inc International copyrights reserved in all countries No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publisher Big Buddy Books is a trademark and logo of Abdo Publishing Printed in the United States of America North Mankato Minnesota 102014 012015 Cover Photo NativeStock com Angel Wynn Shutterstock com Interior Photos Getty Images DEA G DAGLI ORTI Contributor p 15 MPI Stringer pp 17 26 Science Society Picture Library Contributor p 23 J Vespa p 30 The Washington Post Contributor p 29 NativeStock com Angel Wynn pp 5 9 13 16 17 19 25 27 Shutterstock com pp 11 21 Coordinating Series Editor Rochelle Baltzer Contributing Editors Bridget O’Brien Marcia Zappa Graphic Design Adam Craven Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Tieck Sarah 1976 Creek Sarah Tieck pages cm Native Americans Audience Ages 7-11 ISBN 978-1-62403-579-1 1 Creek Indians Juvenile literature I Title E99 C9T54 2015 975 004’97385 dc23 2014030604
CONTENTS Amazing People 4 Creek Territory 6 Home Life 8 What They Ate 10 Daily Life 12 Made by Hand 16 Spirit Life 18 Storytellers 20 Fighting for Land 22 Back in Time 26 The Creek Today 28 Glossary 31 Websites 31 Index 32
AMAZING PEOPLE Hundreds of years ago North America was mostly wild open land Native American tribes lived on the land They had their own languages and customs The Creek KREEK are one Native American tribe They are known for their hunting skills and stomp dances Let’s learn more about these Native Americans Did You Know The name Creek came from British settlers It was because the tribe lived along creeks They called themselves Muskogee which means land that is wet or floods 4
Creek families honor their history and way of life at festivals 5
