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Creek
Creek Confederation of
Native Americans, part of the Muskogean-language group. One of the largest groups of
se USA, they ranged from Georgia to Alabama. They formed a settled, agricultural society, with land owned communally. Within the confederacy, individual settlements had a degree of autonomy. After the Creek Wars (1813–14), they were removed to Oklahoma, where
c.60,000 remain today.
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 "Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)")
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CREEK'S MENEZES COOLS IT INTO FINALS.(Sports)
Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO); 2/12/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...preliminaries were the main event for Cherry Creek's Natasha Menezes last year. Unfortunately...to take a different approach." Cherry Creek coach Eric Craven certainly approved of...her seed time of 4:56.31; and Cherry Creek freshman Jessica Rodriguez. Cherry Creek...
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Creek Country: The Creek Indians and Their World
Magazine article from: Environmental History; 7/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...she does not say about Creek Country opens many doors...work on the world the Creeks inhabited within the...United States agent to the Creek Indians, wrote extensively...social uses to which Creeks put their town spaces...of townships and the Creek nation, kinship systems...
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 "Mail Tribune (Medford, OR)")
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Creek rubbish resurfaces.
Newspaper article from: Mail Tribune (Medford, OR); 7/26/2005; 700+ words
; ...from a 1930s city dump are surfacing in a small creek near the playground in Bear Creek Park. Residents are advised to stay away from...then as the banks around so-called "Baby Bear Creek" erode over time. Testing in 1980 determined...
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CREEK A SWEEPING SENSATION.(Rocky Preps)
Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO); 12/10/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...know what else we can do,'' the Cherry Creek junior mused after winning his second Class...finished the season 20-0, after Cherry Creek won its 26th team title in 27 years, after...tournament two years in a row,'' Cherry Creek coach Kirk Price said. ``I don't know...
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Creeks running fast. (French sportswear manufacturer, wholesaler and retailer) (Best of Europe supplement) (company profile)
Magazine article from: WWD; 9/8/1988; ; 700+ words
; ...for a leather jacket. Creeks Junior will be introduced...accounts for 77 percent of Creek's annual revenues...accessories, of which Creeks merchandise makes up...laboratories to test out Creek's line and better adapt...healthy to sales because Creeks' prices are lower...
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CELEBRATE CREEKS WEEK WITH GAINESVILLE CLEAN WATER PARTNERSHIP, OTHER LOCAL GROUPS AND BUSINESSES!
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 4/14/2006; 700+ words
; ...Easter Walk and Wander - Creeks Week will kick off on...beautiful, 163-acre Blues Creek Ravine property. Blues...Hogtown/Possum Creek Cleanup, Loblolly Environmental...10am * Hogtown/Possum Creek BioBlitz/Scavenger...Westside Park. 11am * Creeks Family Fun Activity Stations...
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CREEK IS WEST SIDE LIFE'S BLOOD PRESERVATION OF WATERSHED SEEN KEY
Newspaper article from: Evansville Courier & Press; 4/7/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...fill placed throughout the whole creek." Carpentier Creek's name has found its way into...a study of Carpentier and Bayou creeks. "There has not been a comprehensive study of the entire creek," Stoll said. "This will at...
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Creeks and Southerners: BICULTURALISM ON THE EARLY AMERICAN FRONTIER
Magazine article from: Montana; The Magazine of Western History; 10/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...focuses on the infrastructure of Creek society. Other chapters look...inherent sovereignty exercised by Creeks, the importance of kinship relations, individuals raised as Creek-white, how the two societies...importance of race and clan among the Creeks. The strength of the book is...
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 "American News (Aberdeen, SD)")
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Creek's bad reputation bubbles up from past: City of Aberdeen, other groups aim to revitalize soul of Moccasin.
Newspaper article from: American News (Aberdeen, SD); 10/29/2006; 700+ words
; ...Byline: Scott Waltman Oct. 29--Moccasin Creek's bad reputation dates to Aberdeen...house discharged sewage straight into the creek. It wasn't until 1910 that a sewage...plenty of other forms of trash into the creek. "It's been neglected for 70 years...
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 "Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)")
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Creeks feeding Fox are cleaner Steps needed to keep tributaries healthy.(News)
Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL); 7/28/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...Waubonsee and Blackberry creeks, as well as the Skyway Branch of Norton Creek. The results presented...categories, all the creeks do better than the...though individual creek-to-river comparisons...discharges into the creek. All the other creeks received B grades...
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Creek
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
...lands rather than Creek deerskins. Under compulsion, Creeks ceded vast amounts...swiftly, despite Creek resistance. In 1832, the Creeks agreed to cede their...unilaterally dissolved the Creek government. The Creeks lost millions of acres...
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Creek War
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
...and on 9 November crushing a Creek force at Talladega. With...Georgians and White Stick Creeks, General John Floyd on 29 November attacked the Creek village of Auttosee on the...village and killing two hundred Creeks. At the battle of Econochaca...
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Plum Creek Timber Company, Inc.
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
Plum Creek Timber Company, Inc. 999 Third Avenue...Offices of Other Holding Companies Plum Creek Timber is the second-largest owner of...such as medium-density fiberboard. Plum Creek Timber is sold through the company ’...
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Spring Creeks
Book article from: Fly Fishing: The Lifetime Sport
Spring Creeks A spring creek originates from an underground...gentle gradients, spring creeks are generally flat and...fish growth. A spring creek ’ s underground...water quality. Spring creeks have stable temperatures...
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Chickasaw-Creek War
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
CHICKASAW-CREEK WAR CHICKASAW-CREEK WAR. On 13 February 1793, a Chickasaw...national council declared war against the Creeks, to avenge the murder of two Chickasaw...forty warriors set out against the Creek towns. Chief Piomingo attributed...
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